Communicating With Customers About Brake Pads
The following are the top 10 consumer questions concerning brake pads and the answers that can help you to upsell. These answers can save you from getting into hot water and are written in language the customer can understand.
Focus On Brake Friction For Safety
There are no recommended replacement intervals for brake pads because pad life varies widely depending on how a vehicle is driven, the type of brake pads on the vehicle, the driver’s braking habits and even the design of the brake system.
Ford Edge Brake Replacement
Protect the caliper piston and boots when pushing the caliper piston into the bores. Make sure that the caliper guide pin boots are fully seated, or damage to the caliper guide could occur. The guide pin bolts are different sizes. The longer/bigger bolt is the upper guide pin bolt. Position the brake caliper and install the guide pin bolts. Tighten to 88 Nm (65 ft. lb).
New Wagner OEX Brake Pads Launching Across North America With Comprehensive Consumer Advertising Campaign
Acclaimed media personality Mike Rowe, along with several leading automotive technicians, are featured in the campaign to market the new brake pads to millions of potential customers.
Brake Pad Regulations: Factory And Aftermarket
Everybody wants safe brakes, right? You want the assurance that any brake linings you install on a customer’s vehicle will provide adequate braking and meet all applicable safety standards. But guess what? There are no federal safety standards for aftermarket brake linings.
Brake Pads: Understanding Friction And Formulations
How the components in the friction material shear, break and interact during braking can determine a pad’s friction level, noise and wear characteristics.
2010-2013 Kia Soul Brake Repair
The 2010-2013 KIA Soul has one of the most trouble-free brake systems on the market. But, when some Kia Souls begin to push 50,000-70,000 miles, they can suffer more from cheap brake pad slaps and a lack of service to the calipers, ABS system and brake hardware.
Cheap Brake Pads
Selling cheap brake pads can help automotive technicians market their services, but what is the real cost of installing inferior quality brake pads?
Top 10 Brake Job Mistakes For Pads, Rotors And Calipers
Here are the top 10 brake job mistakes made by rookie technicians when replacing brake pads, rotors and calipers. 10. Not cleaning the brake slides and hardware: Just slapping new pads where the old pads once resided never works. The slides and abutment clips should be cleaned and/or replaced.
BRAKE JOB: 2003-2011 Honda Element
It may look like a car that was never removed from the box it came in, but Honda Element isn’t boxy when it comes to the brakes. The Element is based on the CR-V platform. There is nothing tricky, but this is a brake system is hardware intensive with floating shims, abutment clips and pad
Loaded Caliper Installation Guidelines
Caliper replacement is often the best course of action to ensure that a braking system will perform at an optimal level, both in terms of safety, performance and maximizing brake pad life. There are a bunch of small reasons to recommend caliper replacement: rubber boots, seals and gaskets that wear down, dry up and eventually
Finding, Fixing Runout and Disc Thickness Variation
Now that the warped rotor myth is busted, and we’re not just replacing the rotor and moving on, what are we doing instead? Measuring runout First, check for rotor surface runout with the wheel mounted. Components should be marked as you perform an inspection of the assembly. By measuring the rotor on the hub, you
