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The Do’s and Don'ts of Installing Spark Plugs

The Importance of Proper Spark Plug Torqueing

Serpentine Belt Post Mortem: Why Do Some Belts Fail

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TPMS Talk: Fundamentals of Fast and Efficient TPMS Service

Your crash course in the TPMS service. Too often, TPMS service might seem complicated, but it does not have to be. This webinar provides an engaging hands-on lesson that explores how you can organize your TPMS program for maximum benefits.

Learn directly from the world-leader in TPMS just in time for the busy tire changing season! Join Yanick Leduc and Tom Kirkham from Schrader’s Technical Training Team as they break down the fundamentals of TPMS service and give you real-life tips for setting up a profit building TPMS program.

Speakers Yanick Leduc, Global Technical Training Team Lead, Schrader TPMS Solutions Tom Kirkham, Technical Trainer, Schrader TPMS Solutions Maddie Winer, Editor, Tire Review

Underhood Service targets repair shops that derive 50 percent or more of their revenue from the service and repair of under-the-hood systems. The expanding amount of knowledge and capital needed to keep up with technological advances has led these shop owners to concentrate on underhood systems, while also offering preventive maintenance services on most major vehicle systems. By subscribing, you’ll receive the ShopOwner digital edition magazine (12 times/year) featuring articles from Underhood Service and the Underhood Service eNewsletter (twice weekly). Access to digital editions, contests, news, and more are ready for you today!

Underhood Service targets repair shops that derive 50 percent or more of their revenue from the service and repair of under-the-hood systems. The expanding amount of knowledge and capital needed to keep up with technological advances has led these shop owners to concentrate on underhood systems, while also offering preventive maintenance services on most major vehicle systems. By subscribing, you’ll receive the ShopOwner digital edition magazine (12 times/year) featuring articles from Underhood Service and the Underhood Service eNewsletter (twice weekly). Access to digital editions, contests, news, and more are ready for you today!

High underhood temps, increased power demands and vibration can damage alternators or starters. Sponsored by ACDelco.

Don’t settle for “almost” - it matters where the engine is manufactured or remanufactured. Sponsored by ACDelco.

Brake pads are thoroughly developed to produce the best result. This video is sponsored by ZF Aftermarket.

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Belts wearing out isn’t a new phenomenon but is important to keep track of. This video is sponsored by Continental.

Drive belts need friction to operate. It sounds counter intuitive, but friction between the belt and the pulleys allow power transmission from the crankshaft to an alternator, power-steering pump, or AC compressor. To produce these levels of friction, the belt and pulleys need surface area. This is why they have grooves that line up with great precision.

Just like a tire, the friction between the out and the pulleys wears away at the belt, usually on the tops and walls of the ribs. Eventually, the grooves of the pulleys will bottom out on the grooves of the belt. And then the belt will not be able to generate friction and will begin to slip.

Here we have a tool from Continental to measure belt wear. It is two tools in one for belt measurement. For uneven wear, use the long narrow edge of the gauge by inserting it into each groove individually, the edge should not bottom out in any of the grooves.

If the narrow edge bottoms out in any of the belt grooves, the belt is worn and should be replaced.

This side of the tool measures the profile of the grooves on a belt. These eight teeth should fit in the grooves of the belt. If you can move the tool like this, the belt is worn below specifications. If the tool can’t move, you know the belt is within specifications. If you turn the tester like this and put your index and ring fingers through these holes like this, you can get into some tight areas. The edge is set to the height of the belt groove, press the narrow edge of the gauge into each belt groove. The edge should not bottom out at any of the grooves.

What about cracks in the belt? Yes, cracks are an indication of an issue with the belt, but with today’s modern materials, cracks are not an issue. And the majority of the time the belts will be worn below specifications before cracking occurs.

This video is sponsored by Continental.

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