Tire Tech: Less Weight, Great Balance?
In the market for a new balancer? If you are, you might be hearing a lot about balancers which use less weight to balance a wheel and claim it can cut weight costs by as much as 30 percent or more.
Hunter Offers Wide Variety of Training Classes
Hunter Engineering Company annually trains thousands of students and experienced service technicians at the Research and Training Center in St. Louis, MO, at other regional training centers located throughout the country and through local Hunter representatives.
Alignment Equipment
From the brake pad to the shock absorber, every product that you come in contact with at a shop has a history that goes back at least 75 years. We will look at different product categories and track the innovations that have shaped these products and the future for these segments. Alignment Retrospective In the
Tech Update: Good Vibrations
Suspension Vibrations Could Have Your Customers Singing The Blues The song “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys may have been a big hit in its day, but there’s no such thing as good vibrations or noise when it comes to a customer’s vehicle. Vibrations are annoying and may be a warning signal that something’s amiss.
Stabilus Launches Customer Road Tour
Stabilus, a designer and manufacturer of gas springs and hydraulic vibration dampers, launched its customer road tour in August 2005. Featuring a Ford F-150 truck retrofitted with Stabilus products, the tour will visit major cities around the United States, Canada and Mexico on an extensive 18-month schedule.
Suspension Vibration Diagnosis
Vibrations are annoying and may be a warning signal that something is amiss. So don’t ignore such symptoms.
Looming Mandate: Without Help, Shops Face Dark Future
…How Will You Cope?
American Axle & Manufacturing Launches New Aftermarket Driveshaft Components Line at AAPEX
American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) launched a new aftermarket driveshaft components product line at the 2005 Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) in Las Vegas. This new aftermarket product offering is featured in AAM’s new Driveshaft Components catalog, which includes: slip yokes, weld yokes, flange yokes, double cardan joint assembly kits, U-joint assembly kits and miscellaneous driveshaft support components.
Exhaust Parts
Too Much Weight
Temperature Control Essentials: Pinpointing the Causes of Cooling System Failures
Managing heat is definitely a hot job these days. The cooling systems in most late-model import passenger cars have been downsized to reduce weight and bulk. At the same time, most new cars and trucks are now factory equipped with air conditioning, which puts an added strain on the cooling system’s ability to manage heat.