Special Report: an Executive Interview with Neil Hogan, SKF Product Manager, Vehicle Service Market
Hogan is an ASE Certified Master Technician with 30 years in the automotive business.
Tool Rules: Breathing New Life into Pneumatic Tools
Air tools save technicians time, but require their own maintenance to ensure they’ll provide support. People who have made a professional career out of using air tools, such as Rich Evans of Huntington Beach Bodyworks, will tell you that there are two enemies of pneumatic equipment — Dirty Air and Moisture.
Bodyworks: Working on Hybrids: a Body Shop Primer
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Hybrids account for only 1% of all U.S. light-vehicle sales, which actually presents a dilemma for shops: Because hybrids aren’t all that common (yet), shops aren’t as familiar with the potential hazards as they should be.
T2s Service Advisor – Read Any Good Calipers, Lately?
Science Friction: Disc brake calipers come in many sizes and configurations, including fixed-caliper, multi-piston designs, and the more modern floating-caliper, single piston designs that may also contain a mechanically actuated parking brake. Needless to say, disc brake calipers have undergone a series of design changes that continue to make them more adaptable to late-model vehicle
Undercover – Putting a Stop to Brake Noise
Adapted from Larry Carley’s article in Brake & Front End
Tuning Into Engine Performance
Adapted from Brendan Baker’s article in Underhood Service