Kia: Brake Service Essentials
Arm Yourself With the Proper Tools, Equipment & Service Information to Facilitate Diagnosis and Repair
Tech Tip: Drivetrain Noises and Wheel Bearing Replacement
One of the toughest challenges we face as import specialist techs is noise complaints. These aren’t necessarily difficult from the technical or nuts and bolts perspective as much as from the diagnostic process.
Hyundai: Drivetrain Noises & Wheel Bearing Replacement
One of the toughest challenges we face as import specialist techs is noise complaints. These aren’t necessarily difficult from the technical or nuts and bolts perspective as much as from the diagnostic process. The first challenge is to pin down the noise that has the customer concerned. We’ve all listened to our customers struggle with
Mazda: Timing Belt Replacement
A Little Prevention Goes a Long Way
Right On the Mark: Lining Up Timing Belt Service for First-Generation Kias
This month, we’re going to take a look at timing belt replacement on the increasingly popular Kia line of vehicles. Kia has made strong inroads into the market by offering high-quality vehicles at an affordable price. As underhood car techs, we’re prepared to handle any of these cars: You have the required skills and, with
Tech Tip: Diagnosing and Servicing 4WD Bearings
4WD operation can be hard on wheel bearings and seals. The most common complaint you’ll encounter is no 4WD operation, which can usually be traced to problems with the vacuum-actuated front hubs. Some manufacturers require that the driver shift the transfer case into four-wheel-drive, choosing either high- or low-range gearing. The driver must then flip a switch that opens a vacuum-control valve, sending vacuum to the locking front hubs and engaging them to ….
Management: Recoup Delivery Fees as a ‘Cost of Doing Business’
The ripple effect of escalating gas prices continue to widen, and all segments of our industry are caught in the current. In your world, car count continues to drop as fewer miles are driven, consumers have less money available for necessary vehicle repairs, and preventive maintenance is being put on the back burner. At the distribution level, many WDs and jobbers have calculated ….
Editor’s Notebook: Just Do It!
Recoup Delivery Fees as a ‘Cost of Doing Business’
Tech Tip: Honda Master Cylinder Service
Oftentimes, you’ll get a complaint that "the brakes went down to the floor and now they’re OK." Like any other intermittent problem, we have to ask the right questions to get the information we need to diagnose the problem. In this case, our experience tells us that this problem could be caused by excessive heat, possibly the result of friction material that is dragging. Or the master cylinder could be the ….
Kia: 4WD Front Hub and Brake System Service
Being import specialist techs, we may not be real familiar with 4WD systems and the associated parts, but that’s no reason to turn away this profitable work. For this article, we’ll look at the 2000 Sportage. The most common complaint you’ll encounter is no 4WD operation, which can usually be traced to problems with the