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4 Benefits of Home Storage Lifts

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Home storage lifts are allow vehicle owners to gain more space and convenience with just one installation. Whether you’re looking for more storage or you’d like to find a safe way to service your car at home, home storage lifts are the answer. If you own a commercial shop, you probably have multiple lifts in… Read more »

R-1234yf New Refrigerant: What to Expect and How to Use it Safely

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R-1234yf is the latest development in auto cooling systems. It’s being introduced gradually in cars sold in the U.S., first in the 2013 Cadillac XTS and ATS, then Chrysler’s Fiat, and many more models are now adopting this type of refrigerant versus the old version — R-134a. As an auto repair specialist, it’s important that… Read more »

Wheel Balancing Market Dynamics

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Medium Duty Wheel Balancing – Balancing a 2012 Chevy Silverado Wheel (8 x 180) Despite being one of the most critical aspects of wheel balancing, properly mounting wheels on balancers is all too often undervalued or completely dismissed as a requirement to the wheel balancing process. The biggest factor contributing to this is balancer OEMs… Read more »

Clad Wheel Issue

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Clad Wheel Balancing – Balancing a 2013 Dodge Charger Chrome Clad Wheel Chrome Clad Wheels A clad wheel is a cast wheel with a chromed, plastic cover bonded to the face of the wheel. Their presence in the marketplace is growing like wildfire because auto manufacturers have realized that the same cast forgings can be… Read more »

Front Coning Issue

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Over 70% of wheel balance comebacks can be directly attributed to the way wheels are mounted on the balancer. The single biggest contributor to mounting problems is using a cone from the front of the wheel or front coning. The contact point on the cone has nothing to do with the way the wheel is… Read more »