Brodiesel
Senior Member
I think there might have been—the approach we wanted to explore was how we could describe any part on the machine in as few a questions as possible. Whether by starting with general location, and drilling down to material or something like that we would be able to identify a bolt here, or a washer there. Sorry to be a complete noob, but would you mind explaining the alpha, sectional and major group/component searches and how they work—is this done by assembly and sub-assembly in a physical manual?
Tom y
I think there might have been—the approach we wanted to explore was how we could describe any part on the machine in as few a questions as possible. Whether by starting with general location, and drilling down to material or something like that we would be able to identify a bolt here, or a washer there. Sorry to be a complete noob, but would you mind explaining the alpha, sectional and major group/component searches and how they work—is this done by assembly and sub-assembly in a physical manual?
Tom, most OEMs offer some type of free access to there parts systems. CAT, JOHN DEERE, AND CUMMINS all let customers use their parts systems, which makes sense as a customer, I mean why call the parts counter and ask help finding something when you can find it yourself then order it? It saves times and money on both ends, problem is its eliminating some jobs too.
So, just look up all those OEMs and make accounts. Then you can actually see how the parts searches work. Most of it is stuck in the 90's in terms of layout and user friendliness. CAT is making moves and doing alot of 3D type color images for parts and diagrams now so thats really cool, but all the sites need a makeover in my opinion.