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ZF Aftermarket Releases Webinar Series Schedule


ZF Aftermarket Releases Webinar Series Schedule

ZF Aftermarket has recently unveiled a range of technical training themes for their webinar trainings. All interested persons (from students to auto repair experts) are welcome to become acquainted with innovative repair methods, and openly examine the latest automotive trends. The professionals from the ZF Aftermarket tech team will provide a detailed and clear explanation on the specified topics.




The ZF Aftermarket Technical Training department’s goal is to help all attendees/listeners in filling gaps in their knowledge related to the auto repair industry and to give useful tips for the future professional growth. By preparing customized and engaging training programs, ZF experts give young technicians all the info that is necessary to deal with the most challenging situations in diagnostics, repair and servicing of vehicles.


With the advent of a new decade, ZF starts examining new technical aspects of the auto repair to adjust to the rapidly changing auto industry. ZF pros provide uninterrupted education process to prepare technicians for the latest electrification trends in the automotive world.



The first part of training webinars ZF plans to offer in 2020 has been highly-demanded in recent times as automotive repair specialists currently have to deal with new challenges, so ZF experts are happy to give them a helping hand. Participants of next year’s webinars will thoroughly examine the concepts that are finally taking shape in the auto industry via the technical knowledge and expertise of the ZF Technical Trainers.


The remaining part of the webinar schedule will be unveiled later in 2020. For most up-to-date info on ZF Aftermarket Technical Training, visit the company’s website.


Popular articles

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.