Auto-Plus Announces Major Partnership with National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)
Uni-Select announces a series of multi-year sponsorship agreements with the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and its affiliated venues.
FMSI: Serving Shops and Brake Manufacturers for More than 60 Years
If you purchase almost any set of brake pads or shoes, the last three or four digits of the parts number match for most of your brand choices. This is not an accident or OEM conspiracy. This is the product of more than 60 years of cooperation of brake friction manufacturers. This collaboration is the Friction Materials Standards Institute (FMSI) and the FMS number system. The fruits of this endeavor go beyond part number; it has given shops new brake applications sooner and at a lower cost.
New Training Videos for Technicians and Counter Personnel Now Available from AASA Fuel Pump Manufacturers Council
A new series of educational videos providing information and training on proper diagnostic techniques and procedures to repair an automotive fuel-related job is now available online from the Fuel Pump Manufacturers Council (FPMC) of the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA).
Registration is Now Open for Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS) Convention and Trade Show
Registration is now open for MACS-I-MIZE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES for SUCCESS, the 31st annual Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS) convention and trade show. 2011 has brought together an exciting collaboration between MACS and long-time training partner Automotive Video Inc. (AVI). Training is pricelessly valuable, but the training at this convention is priced at an amazing value.
CCAR Announces Five Newest ‘GreenLink Shops’
The Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair (CCAR) announces five more auto repair facilities have received the organization’s “GreenLink Shop” recognition.
2010 Automotive News PACE Awards Presented To 15 Suppliers For Outstanding Innovations
The 16th annual awards program for innovation honor suppliers that contribute products, processes, capital equipment, information technology or services directly to the manufacture of cars or trucks worldwide.
Management: Parts Specialists’ Success Hinges On Your Success
Hearing first-hand from someone on the parts firing line provides an interesting perspective on how the economic climate affects “first-call” status.
ESP Adds Specialized Service Techs for Lifts, Tire Changers and Wheel Balancers
Environmental Systems Products (ESP) recently announced that it is expanding its garage equipment service by bringing on new, specialized service technicians. These skilled workers will service items such as garage lifts, tire changers, wheel balancers and more, supporting the newly expanded line of garage equipment now supplied by ESP.
CARDONE Industries Celebrates 40 Years of Growth
In early 1970, CARDONE’s original “Factory Family” began with only six employees remanufacturing a single product line – wiper motors. Forty years later, they have grown to more than 5,000 employees, offering 70-plus product lines and more than 40,000 SKUs of new and remanufactured hard parts.
Tech Tip: So, What’s This Fretting Corrosion Stuff Anyway?
Fretting and fretting wear can occur on non-electrical things like bearings, but fretting corrosion is something that is associated more with electrical contacts. Fretting corrosion is the name for a buildup of insulating, oxidized wear debris that can form when there is small amplitude fretting motion between electrical contacts.