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Belt Noise – ASE Practice Question (VIDEO)

Technician A says chirp is the most common belt noise complaint. Technician B says EPDM belts can wear out without showing visible damage. Who is correct?

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Five things to know when working on HID headlights

Set yourself up for success with high intensity discharge lighting systems.

What’s the best way to move tools about the shop?

There are a lot of ways to approach the business of servicing the car in front of you. Which one is king?

The best way to help customers find your auto repair shop

If your customers can’t easily find your location, hours, or contact information, you’ll clearly struggle to earn their business. Here is a tip to help.

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The Other Way to Use a File that Many Mechanics Don’t Know (VIDEO)

Need a smooth finish on a part you’re cleaning up with a file? Lemmy shows how draw filing can achieve a clean result with a totally different method of holding a traditional file.

Chasing down Volkswagen’s best-selling sausage

For decades, VW served its workers a unique German dish that I had to try for myself: currywurst.

Geography by way of fittings and couplers

What does your shop use? Where are you? Can you help us make a map?

How accurately can you torque a fastener? (VIDEO)

Torquing accurately without a torque wrench is harder than it sounds, as you can see we learned in this contest in the Dorman Proving Grounds.

Hidden external speakers are changing the soundscape of our streets

One of the most noticeable changes we’ll experience with more electric vehicles will be the noises from their acoustic vehicle alert systems, or AVAS.

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