Automated manual transmissions (AMTs), both synchronised and non-synchronised, have proven far more popular than manual transmissions, with more drivers and fleet owners choosing to upgrade from manual transmissions to AMTs. Combining the best features of
manual and automatic transmissions, AMTs deliver a number of benefits, including improved fuel economy and fuel usage consistency across different drivers in the fleet, enhanced safety and extended driveline component life.
However, if your AMT transmission and clutch aren’t calibrated correctly, you’re not going to get the outstanding benefits AMTs are well-known for and you could be using far more diesel than you need to, increasing your operating costs and reducing your profits.
Whether your truck’s AMT is a two or three-pedal configuration (two-pedal AMTs have an automatically actuated clutch whereas three-pedal AMTs have a clutch pedal), at Betros Truck Repairs in Toowoomba, we provide a full range of AMT transmission and clutch services to keep your AMT working as it should. Here are a few of the many benefits of having a correctly calibrated AMT transmission and clutch.
Improved fuel economy
One of the most beneficial features of an AMT is its fuel economy, with AMTs using less diesel than both manual and automatic transmissions. However, if the AMT transmission and clutch aren’t calibrated correctly, energy loss increases during gear changes, resulting in increased diesel consumption and more expensive running costs.
AMTs are calibrated so that they know exactly when to shift gear by taking a range of factors into account, including grade and load weight, which maximises fuel economy and makes AMTs ideal transmissions for long distance driving applications. To ensure your AMT is maximising fuel economy and not consuming more diesel than it should, increasing your overheads and reducing your profits, it needs to be calibrated by a specialist.
Extended driveline component lifespan
As an improperly calibrated AMT isn’t able to make accurate calculations and appropriate gear selections or control engine torque correctly, it can increase component wear along the entire driveline, from the clutch all the way through to the tyres. In addition to reducing the lifespan of driveline components, which increases the need for truck repairs and servicing, it can also present a safety risk as there’s a greater chance of component failure. To extend the lifespan of your driveline components by reducing heat, wear and tear, and reduce the likelihood of component failure, have your AMT transmission and clutch correctly calibrated.
At Betros Truck Repairs in Toowoomba, we work with all synchronised and unsynchronised two and three-pedal AMTs. If you’ve noticed an increase in fuel consumption or the timing of your gear shifts seems off, bring your truck to us and we’ll use our powerful software to quickly diagnose the problem and reset, recalibrate or adjust the parameters of the AMT.