Diagnostic Solutions: Steering Gears
Keeping Your Customers’ Vehicles on The Straight & Narrow Modern automotive steering gears evolved from the quaint tiller-controlled steering systems used in the first automobiles to the hydraulically controlled systems now used in most import vehicles. Unfortunately, steering tillers that attached to axles with little or no steering geometry didn’t provide much steering feedback from
John Sawatsky Named 2006 CARQUEST Excellence Award Winner
John Sawatsky, owner of MSJ Automotive Services Ltd. in Windsor, Ontario, has been named the 2006 CARQUEST Excellence Award winner. The CARQUEST Excellence Award seeks to recognize the top independent automobile service business in North America that exemplifies professionalism.
Twin-Piston Calipers: Are Two Pistons Better than One?
generate more torque. More torque means more stopping power. Also, by using the floating caliper design instead of an opposing piston design, engineers are able to avoid wheel clearance issues and other robust design features of the floating caliper. With a single-piston caliper, the footprint of pad is limited in some ways to the diameter
Buying an Import Scan Tool
Thinking about buying a new scan tool? Choosing a tool that provides the best coverage and the most diagnostic bang for your buck isn’t easy with so many different products to choose from today. There are simple code reader tools, entry-level “generic” scan tools, professional-grade tools with bi-directional communication and additional test capabilities, OEM scan
2006 Underhood Service Repair Market Industry Profile
Welcome to the 2006 Underhood Service Repair Market Industry Profile, our in-depth report of the independent automotive repair market. This profile highlights many of the elements of doing business in today’s repair shops. The information presented is a good indicator to make short-term predictions about these shops. It’s also a fair yardstick to see how
Tech Tip: Volvo Camshaft Housing Cover Removal
The following tech tip provides information on tools and procedure that should be used to remove the camshaft housing cover. This method prevents damage to the camshaft housing thrust bearing.
Bosch ASA/CARS Seminar to Highlight ‘Trends in Technology and Automotive Service’
Al Krenz, director of service for Bosch’s North American Aftermarket Division will present a technical seminar on ‘Technology Trends and the Quest to Provide Service’ at the Automotive Service Association’s (ASA) Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) in November.
Diagnostic Dilemmas: The Pressures of Intake Manifold Vacuum Tests
Several years ago, a retired school teacher brought in a 1994 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer that had developed an intermittent rough idle condition. Although a rebuilt engine had been installed a year before, and all of the wiring and vacuum hoses looked as if they were in factory condition, I took nothing for granted. An ignition
Management: Who Will Fix Cars 10 Years from Now?
I am so tired of hearing about the technician shortage. If this industry is in such dire peril of not having enough technicians today and tomorrow, why the heck aren’t more people in this business doing something to improve the situation?
Tenneco Enhances Monroe Brakes Online Catalog
Tenneco Inc. has enhanced its popular online parts catalog for the Monroe brakes product line and plans continual data updates, including expanded coverage of late-model domestic and import applications. The Monroe brakes eCatalog, available at www.monroebrakes.com, now includes 872 part numbers covering hundreds of leading applications