Bearing Straights – Diagnosing Brinelling And Non-Noise Bearing Failures
In the good old days, most serviceable wheel bearings were maintained at least every 25,000 to 30,000 miles during a brake job. During this process, the races, stub axles and cages could be inspected for damage and replaced, if necessary.
Evernham Shares Advice with Tech Students at SkillsUSA Conference
Legendary NASCAR Pit Crew Chief Ray Evernham speaks with technical students during industry’s largest trade show
Arapahoe Community College’s Automotive Program is Named 2011 School of the Year
This is the fourth-consecutive year for the nationally recognized award in which an automotive program is crowned for its educational excellence.
Chicago Pneumatic Donates (CP) $23,000 in Tools for Schools Through I-CAR Education Foundation
All of Chicago Pneumatic’s donations will be delivered to the 12 schools by the end of December to ensure that the schools and instructors can utilize the supplies for their spring semester.
Undercover: Bearing the Load
When engineers came up with the idea of putting the wheel speed sensor (WSS) and tone ring inside a sealed wheel bearing hub assembly, it seemed like a great idea. The sealed environment would help protect the sensor and make it less vulnerable to damage or contamination from the outside world.
Service Advisor: On-Car Rotor Resurfacing: Are You Doing it Right?
One of my favorite pieces of shop equipment is the on-the-car brake lathe. Not only do they resurface the rotors to the center line of the wheel bearings, they speed the job up in some cases – making it a win/win situation.
Chicago Pneumatic and Tomorrow’s Technician host second annual School of the Year competition
TT School of the Year presented by Chicago Pneumatic nominations due by December 31, 2008
Chicago Pneumatic Returns to NHRA as Major Sponsor
Continues Partnership with Ringers Gloves, Starts New One with Wyotech
Chicago Pneumatic Encourages Automotive Schools to Enter the T2 School of the Year Competition
Deadline to enter competition is December 31, 2007
Tool Rules – The Buying Game
Adapted from Brian Manley’s article in TechShop