Valeo guides readers through a clutch replacement. Pre-diagnostic checks Non-invasive checks first: Always check dual clutch transmission fluid (DCTF) level and quality before disassembling. Degraded fluid causes mechatronic valve scoring, solenoid sticking, and pressure loss. Dismounting Step 1 Snap ring removal: Utilise a flat-head instrument to extract the snap ring from the clutch housing end ...

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Chris Fisher, independent garage owner and creator of garage management system Clarity-GMS, tells PMM readers what he thinks are the six worst mistakes garages are making online. I run an independent garage and built Clarity-GMS because every GMS I tried either didn’t do what I needed or took screen after screen to get there. Every ...

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Workshop professional Dan Force discusses the need to say No from time to time. Quality trumps quantity in the workshop game, every time. We were all told when we were starting out: Never turn work away. An empty ramp won’t pay the bills. We saw that mantra being applied day in day out — parents, ...

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PMM editor Kieran Nee recently visited the UK’s busiest MOT test centre, The Test Centre, to find out why the MOT test fee cap urgently needs to be raised. When the PMM team comes to putting together an article or a new idea for a podcast, it usually involves coming up with a topic that ...

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Think choosing new equipment is about finding the right price? Think again, says A1 ADAS’ garage equipment specialist Ant Yates. Every day, technicians identify worn tyres, uneven wear patterns and balancing issues during servicing and inspection work. Yet many garages send that work elsewhere because they either don’t have tyre changing equipment, or the equipment ...

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Following on from the last issue’s news of the Motor Ombudsman’s campaign against part-worn tyres, PMM decided to find out more by speaking to the campaign’s workshop partners at the UK Garage and Bodyshop Event. Hi guys, could you introduce yourselves for our readers? Ryan: Hi I’m Ryan O’Donnell, marketing director at Lindley’s Auto Centres. ...

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Known for engine cooling parts, NRF has found a champion in one Newcastle-based business whose owner is looking for reliability especially when it comes to servicing Teslas. For Daniel Hogg, choosing the right replacement part is about more than price. Availability, fit, reliability and the support behind the product all matter when customers are relying ...

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Garages we’ve spoken to have suggested that over the past year, drivers have started putting off servicing or skipping it altogether. Now, the surveys are confirming it. Kalimex’s marketing whizz Dee Blick FCIM advises garages on how to change customers’ minds. The research says it all. And it’s coming from several trusted sources. UK drivers ...

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Ross Laurence, managing director of the MOT Compliance Group, discusses how easy it is for honest, hard-working garages to fall foul of compliance in their MOT duties. If you asked most independent garage owners whether their MOT operation complies with DVSA requirements, most would answer without hesitation: “Yes.” That is exactly the answer we hear ...

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With suspension failures already a leading cause of MOT failures, the added weight of electric vehicles will only see the numbers increase something, Comline argues, independent workshops can capitalise on. The rise in vehicle weight, primarily due to the substantial battery packs in EVs, is a significant contributing factor behind EVs entering workshops. These battery ...

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