Hybrids: Basic Service & Safety Procedures
Hybrids are hot. As the price of gasoline goes up, so does the demand for new vehicles that can squeeze more miles per gallon from every drop of gasoline. Hybrids do that by combining the best of both worlds: electric power for low-speed, stop-and-go driving, and gasoline power for highway cruising and long-range driving. Current
Diagnostic Solutions: Brake Maintenance & Inspection
” height=”234″ alt=”” border=”0″ align=”right” /> Although brake systems wear at a relatively glacial rate, a point will be reached when they can no longer stop the vehicle in an emergency situation and brake system inspections are therefore required to prevent accidents caused by brake component failure. Inspection procedures vary from area to area. Mountainous
Foreign Affairs: Getting Nissan Engines Back to Peak Performance
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Tech Tip: Brake Shudder or Vibration on Dodge Durangos
Some owners of 2004-2005 Dodge Durango vehicles may complain of brake shudder or vibration. The following technical service bulletin involves installing brake pads, resurfacing the rotors and checking rotor runout.
Tech Tip: Understanding How Semi-Metallic Brake Pads Work
Semi-metallic disc friction materials are typically designed for hard-working, high-temperature brake applications. They are used for the front disc brakes on many larger SUVs and pickup trucks, as well as the front brakes on larger, heavier cars, performance cars and "severe-use" applications such as police cars, taxis and emergency vehicles.
Nissan Tech Tip: Groaning/Grinding Noise from Front Brakes
Use this bulletin to service a 1998-2000 Quest if the vehicle’s front brakes make a loud, low-frequency groan/grind noise when stopping. The groan/grind addressed by this bulletin may occur at normal operating temperatures and is not a "creep groan." A creep groan occurs when the brakes are released slightly and the vehicle creeps forward.
Sun Tool Co.’s Speed Pro Arbor Nut System Automatically Aligns and Tightens a Rotor or Drum
Sun Tool Co. offers the Speed Pro self-aligning, hand-tightened, self-torquing arbor nut system. It solves the problem of over torquing an arbor nut on rotors or drums. Use on any popular brake lathe with a one inch arbor and 1" X 8 UNC L.H. or 7/8" X 9 UNC L.H. threads.
40-Year-Old Volvo
Starring at an auto show near you, it’s “The 40-Year-Old Volvo,” a tale of a 1966 1800 that just keeps running, and running, and running. . . By Debbie Briggs, Contributing Writer When Irvin Gordon bought his sporty red 1966 Volvo 1800, or P1800 as it’s known in Europe, on June 30, 1966, he had
Raybestos Brand Brake Products Launches Spring Sizzle Promotion
The heat is being turned up for installers and counterpersons with the launch of Raybestos brand brake products Spring Sizzle Promotion. From May 1 through July 31, with the purchase of each Raybestos brand brake products promotional kit, installers will receive a Raybestos toolbox BBQ grill, a free goods certificate and a sweepstakes entry form.
Tech Tip: The Science of Friction Materials
Friction materials are made from a variety of ingredients. These include various types of fibers for reinforcement and heat management, fillers for friction control and wear resistance, other ingredients to suppress noise and resin to bind all of the other ingredients together.