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Source: Motor Age

Rear axle service simplified

February 2, 2012

Rear differential service, for regular maintenance or for repair work such as replacing leaking seals, often involves removing rear axles and draining and replacing differential fluid.

Source: Automotive Body Repair News

I-CAR names two new managers

February 1, 2012

I-CAR named Doug Schlueter National MSO Manager and Rene Rodarte as Schlueter's successor as South Central Regional Manager.

Source: Motor Age

The drum brake wedge effect

January 30, 2012

In this issue of Motor Age, our contributors have shared information on the intricacies of wheel speed sensors and the proper care and servicing of rear differentials and axles. My contribution this month is a discussion on the care and feeding of conventional drum brakes.

Source: Automotive Body Repair News

AASP-MN offers student scholarships

January 30, 2012

After a successful fundraising drive within the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP- MN) membership, the association will award scholarships to select students enrolled in post-secondary automotive (mechanical or collision) programs. Scholarship awards will be $1,000 per student.

Source: Motor Age

Sensing wheel technology changes

January 30, 2012

As long as vehicles have been rolling, the speed of the load-carrying wheels has been an issue. When I was a young boy watching western movies in the 1960s, I could always tell when a wagon was going to crash, because the camera would focus on a wood-spoked, steel-tired wagon wheel that was obviously spinning faster than it should. Those wooden wheels had a hard wood hub spinning on a hard wood axle; there was no bearing at all except for the animal fat-based grease that was packed in between the components.

Source: Automotive Body Repair News

3M donates $125,000 in tape to 112 schools

January 27, 2012

3M has donated $125,000 worth of its Blue Fine Line Tape through the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) to 112 secondary and post-secondary collision programs nationwide.

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