Business Tools: Computers… Why You Can’t Do Business Today Without Them
It’s hard to imagine any automotive repair shop doing business today without the benefit of multiple computers. Yet some shops continue to do business and fix cars the “old fashioned way” with no computers whatsoever. I can’t help but wonder how much longer some of these shops will stay in business. The computer has become
NASCAR Team Works with Ingersoll Rand on Tool Design
Ingersoll Rand, known in NASCAR pits for their "thundergun" pneumatic impact wrench, recently launched the IQV Series of cordless impacts and drill/drivers. Their relationship with Evernham Motorsports proved to be not only a huge marketing vehicle, but a unique setting to test the new cordless tools.
As Walls Shrink, Goodyear Tire Designers Get More Creative
Imagine Michelangelo being forced to paint on a surface many times smaller than the actual square footage of the Sistine Chapel. What if DaVinci’s Mona Lisa was brushed onto a tiny one-foot-square canvas? Or in today’s terms, what would it be like to view the Super Bowl on a small, 9-inch black-and-white television?
Car Care Guide Distribution Nears One Million
Nearly one million copies of the new Car Care Guide have been distributed to motorists, repair shops, retailers, groups, distributors and manufacturers by the Car Care Council since its introduction earlier this year.
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
Braking with Tradition: Siemens VDO Plans Series Production of By-Wire Brake this Decade
Siemens VDO has developed a vehicle braking concept consisting of about 30 percent hardware and 70 percent electronics – a 180 degree change from traditional hydraulic braking systems.
Diagnostic Solutions: Oxygen Sensor Diagnostics
Once considered leading-edge technology, today’s oxygen sensor has become a commonplace service item on modern vehicles. Popularly introduced in the 1970s, the Lambda or, as it’s more popularly known, the oxygen sensor, rapidly became standard equipment as it’s a vital component of closed-loop or feedback fuel control technology. By using a voltage input from the
Fundamentals of Electrical System Diagnosis
Electrical principles, like voltage, amperage and resistance, can be described as cars passing along the roadway. Voltage would be the vehicle’s speed, amperage would be the number of vehicles on the road at the same time, and resistance would be the potholes in the road’s surface. Basically, electricity is a supply of atoms with an
Welding Equipment: Sparks and Arcs
MIG, TIG, stick, gas, gasless, oxy-acetylene, deep penetration, spot welding, plastic welders, pulse technology, high strength steel — if it seems like welding has gotten more complicated than you remember — it has! Today’s auto industry faces many challenges that are shaping and changing the way we stick two pieces of metal together. Once upon
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