BRAKE & FRONT END, August 1952: The “Pull a Wheel!” campaign from the 1940s and 1950s played a critical role in stressing the complete inspection of brake systems. Most vehicles of this period had drum brakes. It was possible to see the thickness of friction material on the shoes through inspection holes, but it was impossible to inspect the condition of the entire shoe. Pulling a wheel on some of these applications could be labor intensive and involve adjusting the wheel bearing.
There are three things to look for when trying to determine if AI has created an image:
Part of my job is to acquire images for magazines, videos and websites. I was recently sent links to artificial-intelligence (AI)-generated content of parts and technicians. I searched for pictures of brake calipers. Here are two examples below:
It is easy to see that these brake calipers would never work. These are AI “hallucinations” of what it thinks a brake caliper should look like, according to other websites, not how they operate. They create a composite image of how a brake caliper should look for all vehicles.
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Replacing rear wheel bearings on a live axle rear suspension requires a few extra steps when compared to a unitized bearing.
