Safe Shop: Real-World Lift Safety
The repair order read “vehicle pulls to the left.” The owner of a Ford Excursion wanted an alignment. The job started out like any other — a preliminary test drive to confirm the symptoms and then it was run up onto the alignment lift. The front tires were carefully steered onto the turn plates. The
Top Five Tools
John Conley, ASE master tech L1, owner/technician Bumper To Bumper Automotive, Inc. Norwood, MA It’s probably hard to pick the top five tools, I have many favorites. I treat tools like employees; They work for me. If I had to pick five I would have to say: Hunter Alignment System DSP 600 — In only
RTI Offers Tips to Keep Your Refrigerant Recycling Machine in Tip-Top Condition
There’s nothing worse than having customers wanting service and your refrigerant recycling machine is not operating. The following are suggestions to keep your recycling machine in tip-top condition and ready to make money for your shop.
Alignment Update, Expensive Parking
It is a misconception that the number of bays determines success. Instead, it is the number of vehicles a bay can service in a day and the profitability of the repair order that often determines success. Adding extra bays to your shop is one way to add capacity, but it does not address the issue
Under Pressure:TPMS Diagnostics
Have you ever noticed the sides of at least one tire excessively bulging on the car ahead of you in traffic? Of course you have. You’ve likely also found a high number of improperly inflated tires on vehicles that roll into your shop on a regular basis. Improperly inflated tires are commonplace. The National Highway
Siemens VDO Expands Application Coverage for TPMS Replacement Parts
Siemens VDO has expanded the company’s line of replacement parts for Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) assemblies to include component kits for Mazda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen applications.
Ken-Tool Relaunches Website with a New Look
Ken-Tool’s new site allows the user to view the company’s entire catalog online, including the OldForge and Carica product lines. A search engine has also been added, allowing the user to search for specific products.
What Were They thinking?
hey pick the size of the parts? What prevented them from making them bigger? What kind of tests did the parts and the vehicle have to endure to be judged ready for the market? These are all questions that go into the design of the brake system for the vehicle. These decisions are the responsibility
TechTravel: A Speedweek Racing Diary
Jim Linder “Fuel Injector Guru” needs no introduction to the readers of Underhood Service. His reputation as a technical writer and as a provider of quality technical training and electronic fuel injection service extends industry-wide. By now, many of Linder’s fans know that his record attempt was rained out by the third day of qualifying
Affinia Under Vehicle Group Announces New Raybestos Brand Brakes Product Line Up
Affinia Under Vehicle Group recently introduced its new Raybestos brand brake product line up, a consolidated product line that provides customers with increased application coverage, a competitive pricing structure and a simplified selection process for the company’s friction, rotors and hydraulic products.