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Eaton Updates ServiceRanger 4 Diagnostic Tool


Eaton Updates ServiceRanger 4 Diagnostic Tool

A good repair specialist knows that in order to provide services in the most efficient manner, you need to apply high-quality equipment. When dealing with diagnostics and repair of Eaton’s gearboxes and combined powertrain systems, the solution is ServiceRanger 4.


Due to growing popularity of automated gearboxes Eaton updated its ServiceRanger 4 tool, which will facilitate faster diagnostics and repair of Eaton products. In addition to the product enhancements, Eaton makes this software more user-friendly providing 2 (Basic and Professional) license options. The operation period of the software now equals to 1 or 3 years for both types of licenses. These steps should make the tool more accessible and speed up repair procedures. Transmission specialists admit that ServiceRanger4 is a sophisticated tool intended for tackling complicated issues related to transmission components.


The list of ServiceRange4 features includes:

- Possibility to view false codes and as a result accurately specify problems

- Automatic service activity reports, which bring communication between transmission specialists and customers to a new level

- Implementation of special tests that help to detect difficult issues

- Analysis and editing of configuration parameters for optimization of vehicles

- Update of the product software for further performance improvement

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Probably every transmission repair specialist was keen on LEGO constructions or at least enjoyed making some minor things with their hands. Here's the game taken to a new level of creativity!

Modern auto industry is full of sophisticated drivetrain technologies which are supposed to make your driving experience even more pleasant and trouble-free. Despite a great abundance of sophisticated technical solutions, it is highly likely that very few people know a transmission solution operating like a manual CVT.

Over recent years engineers developed a lot of gear shifting solutions for different car brands, which may seem a bit unusual for oldtime drivers. In this article we will review the most peculiar gear stick technologies and provide video materials related to these technologies.

Only few people know about transmission concepts which were popular 70-90 years ago. For men of today, these gearboxes may seem very unusual and weird, but even now some gearboxes that date back to those years are quite competitive in comparison with modern transmissions.

Nowadays Extroid CVTs are commonly known as “toroidal” due to the fact that the working surface of driving and driven discs in this transmission has the form of a torus. Extroid CVT is not a V-belt transmission, but a friction drive CVT.