Skipping The Torque Wrench: Sticks Creates Comebacks
It’s not difficult totorque wheel fasteners properly, but it’s not difficult to foul up the job,either. We’re not using double talk here; we’re shootin’ straight from the hip.The easy part of proper wheel fastener torquing is knowing the vehiclemanufacturer torque specifications for a particular passenger car, light truckor medium truck, and following those instructions to
The Right Torque Procedures
Avoid heavy liabilities associated with wheel-offs by establishing a proper torque program.
How to Sell and Use Automotive Chemicals
In the modern era of reduced vehicle maintenance requirements, it’s very easy to develop a complacent attitude toward automotive chemicals. But in our current market, many are essential tools for keeping a modern vehicle in top-notch operating condition.
Diagnosing Engine Misfires
hatare causing a lean fuel condition. Here them. Last, worn valve seats andguides can create an intermittent misfire condition by causing anintermittent loss of compression. Other unusual issues that have been reported to me are heavy lapsplices in serpentine belts and vapor bubbles forming in single-linefuel systems that eventually cause random fuel injector misfires. Last,but
Keeping it Tight
There is no good time for loose truck wheels. Never was, and I don’t expect there will be. Frankly, there is no excuse for it either. Modern hub-piloted wheel attachment systems have simplified fastener inventories and have extended the durability of wheels, lug studs, nuts and other hardware. Because the majority of over-the-road wheel-end systems
Reader’s Digest Offers Tire “Tips”
Reader’s Digest, on its online edition, recently posted a story entitled “75 Tips to Keep Your Car in Top-Notch Condition.”
Double Hit: Improper Torque Procedures Can Damage Wheels – and Business
It’s not difficult to torque wheel fasteners properly, but it’s not difficult to foul up the job, either. We’re not using double talk here; we’re shootin’ straight from the hip. The easy part of proper wheel fastener torquing is knowing the vehicle manufacturer torque specifications for a particular passenger car, light truck or medium truck,
Dealing With Nuts: Solve Frozen Nut Caps With Low-Tech Techniques
Dealing With Nuts Solve Frozen Nut Caps With Low-Tech Techniques We’ve all heard the speculations and read the stories: Computer chips in tires with handheld readers for commercial tire service technicians are just around the corner. Every truck will need a laptop and Internet access in-cab by 2010. The information age has finally arrived, and