Honda Transaxle Repair: Part Two
Here’s the grand finale of last month’s Honda transaxle teardown. We’ll wrap up with some tips about reassembly and adjustment of key components.
Subaru CVT
Can you have your cake and eat it too? Can you bolt an automatic tranny onto a small displacement engine and still enjoy the performance and fuel economy of a 5-speed gearbox?
Front Wheel Drive Split Bearing R & R
Using two separate approaches and a variety of tools, we’ll disassemble and adjust bearing preload using selective spacers on front drive cars with two-piece wheel bearings.
Elementary L-Jetronic: Part Two
This is the sequel to our popular, practical L-Jetronic article. We’ll pick up where we left off, with helpful hints and practical testing procedures.
Carside Manner
The customer complains of a mysterious cough, grunt, groan, stumble, or sneeze. You listen to the customer as well as you can, with no interruptions other than the ringing phone, the blast of an air chisel…
Customer Car Care Guide
This article is written to your customers on your behalf. It emphasizes the importance of preventive maintenance and tells your customers how to care for their cars.
Electrical Troubleshooting
In this month’s Basic Training we shoot down a variety of common and uncommon electrical problems with a simple technique called the voltage drop.
Carburetor Clinic: Carter Weber One-Barrel
This one-barrel carb was used on certain 1982-84 Subarus. I think you’ll find it to be an exercise in simplicity compared to many other import carburetors!
Carside Manner
Imagine a restaurant where the menu selections are printed in a language you don’t speak, no one will explain to you what you’re ordering, and that you have to guess at your selection…
BMW V12
First, it includes some new technology that may find its way into other cars. Secondly, it lets us look at the physical characteristics of a V12 engine that make it so smooth.
Power Antenna Mast Replacement
Power antenna mast replacement isn’t nearly as difficult as you might have thought. Here’s what you need to know to keep these jobs in-house.
Tech Tips
Rabbit Dust Shield Installation Tip; Staked Nissan Gland Cap; Replacing Emergency Brake Cables; Prelude Flasher/Defroster Switch Fix
Honda Transaxle Repair
The bread-and-butter Honda 5-speed is easy to diagnose and easy to repair. Part one of this two-part feature covers diagnostic tips, teardown, and inspection.
Metric Thread Repair
Sure, stripped threads are aggravating. But think how dull auto repair would be without them! When threads do strip out, there are three basic ways you can restore them…
Right-To-Know Laws: How do they affect you?
Both you and your technicians are now required to know which materials in the shop are hazardous and how to handle these materials. Here’s what you need to know to avoid some serious fines or lawsuits!
K-Jetricks: Part Two
This is a continuation of the K-Jetronic diagnostic and service tips we first presented last April. When you know what to look for, K needn’t be a killer!
Star Service News Bulletin No.29 Fall 1988
Star Service News Bulletin No.29
Toyota Ring And Pinion
Here are some tips about bearing and seal replacement on a popular, and very typical, rear-drive ring and pinion.
Carburetor Clinic: Aisan Two-Barrel – 1981-86 Toyota Tercels
Probably the most common breakdown on this carb is auxiliary accelerator pump (AAP) failure. Some techs argue that as long as the AAP holds vacuum, it’s okay. Others say that any sign of fuel residue in its vacuum nipple or vacuum line is reason for replacement.
Diagnosis: Time Is Money
We look at some good reasons to charge for what you know as well as what you do, and provide you with some ideas about ways to sell your skills.
Tech Tips
Nissan Timing Chain Holder; Many Applications For Windshield Washer Fluid; Pinpointing Electric Fuel Pump Noises; Jammed Relief Piston; Toyota Computer Harness Tip