Ride Control Repairs: Keeping Your Customers’ Tires Glued to the Road
Confused about modern ride control technology? Sometimes looking back into automotive history can put such technology into a more usable framework. A good illustration is how ride control technology evolved from the simple, early-century friction shock absorber to the electronic variable-rate shocks and MacPherson struts currently being installed on late-model imports. When early automobile manufacturers
Ride Control Repairs
Keeping Your Customers’ Tires Glued to the Road
Accelerate your Throttle-by-Wire Repairs: Ford Electronic Throttle Control
What Was Wrong with a Cable? As if a simple cable linking the gas pedal to the throttle plate wasn’t good enough, engineers have now made that design complicated too. Why do engineers do these things to us? That expensive throttle body can’t cost less than a cheap little throttle cable; or can it? Are
Delphi’s Damping Control Technologies Help Smooth the Ride
Delphi Corporation’s high-performance, semi-active suspension control system, MagneRide, currently featured on six premium vehicles in the U.S., has been contracted for five new vehicle applications to be in production by 2007.
Mercedes-Benz ABC Suspensions
The system provides great ride & handling, but it can be complicated to service if you do not have the right training.
Mercedes-Benz Alignment
Here are some tips and tricks that should help you to work on just about any Mercedes-Benz from the past few decades.
Mercedes-Benz Hydraulic Suspension Evolution
When writing an estimate for an air ride repair, make sure you give the customer these options.
Mercedes-Benz ABC Suspension
The system provides great ride & handling, but it can be complicated to service if you do not have the right training.
Arnott Introduces New Rear Air Strut For 1999-2006 S-Class Mercedes-Benz
Arnott’s aftermarket rear air strut assembly is designed and assembled in the U.S. and features a new custom-valved shock absorber with a durable new Continental ContiTech rubber air spring bladder. The strut is partially protected by an aluminum can and dust baffle, designed to keep out debris. AS-2884 also includes heavy-duty crimping rings, new seals, new O-rings and a new bumpstop.
Arnott Introduces Coil Conversion Kit For 2003-’06 Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Arnott’s aftermarket kit permits the conversion of an entire Mercedes-Benz air suspension system for less than the price of one air strut at most Mercedes-Benz dealerships, according to the company.
