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How to maintain your MOT equipment

|Date: May 12, 2025

How to maintain your MOT equipment

If you’re providing MOTs on a regular basis, you need to make sure your testing equipment is on top form ...

If you’re providing MOTs on a regular basis, you need to make sure your testing equipment is on top form at all times. Here, JHM Butt offers its advice on equipment maintenance. Maintaining MOT equipm ...

May 12, 2025
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Why are high quality parts essential?

|Date: May 09, 2025

Why are high quality parts essential?

Meyle is arguing that high quality parts should be a must-have for garages and customers alike and are ea ...

Meyle is arguing that high quality parts should be a must-have for garages and customers alike and are easily obtainable within the aftermarket. Studies show that over 70 per cent of vehicle owners ch ...

May 09, 2025
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Suspension and steering best practice

|Date: May 08, 2025

Suspension and steering best practice

In 2024, steering and suspension problems were responsible for nearly 23 per cent of defects found during ...

In 2024, steering and suspension problems were responsible for nearly 23 per cent of defects found during MOT tests. KYB provide PMM readers with expert guidance on best practice for addressing these ...

May 08, 2025
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What’s the role of suspension bushes?

|Date: May 07, 2025

What’s the role of suspension bushes?

How can such a small part play such a big role in a vehicle’s handling? Well, Polybush explains. When it ...

How can such a small part play such a big role in a vehicle’s handling? Well, Polybush explains. When it comes to vehicle suspension, the smallest components often have the biggest impact. Suspension ...

May 07, 2025
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What’s the future of automated driving?

|Date: May 06, 2025

What’s the future of automated driving?

Will we soon have to say goodbye to the trusty steering wheel? As automation continues to focus the atten ...

Will we soon have to say goodbye to the trusty steering wheel? As automation continues to focus the attention of vehicle manufacturers’ research departments, Bosch provides garage owners with a beginn ...

May 06, 2025
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What’s the role of ride height sensors?

|Date: May 02, 2025

What’s the role of ride height sensors?

Suspension specialist Arnott investigates the role of ride height sensors in a vehicle’s suspension syste ...

Suspension specialist Arnott investigates the role of ride height sensors in a vehicle’s suspension system. The main purpose of the ride height sensors for the air suspension system is to provide the ...

May 02, 2025
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What are the solutions to common brake issues?

|Date: May 01, 2025

What are the solutions to common brake issues?

For independent technicians, replacing brake discs and pads is a routine but important task. However, Mot ...

For independent technicians, replacing brake discs and pads is a routine but important task. However, Motaquip believes there are scenarios that can test even the most experienced professionals. Ruste ...

May 01, 2025
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How can independent garages simplify repairs?

|Date: April 30, 2025

How can independent garages simplify repairs?

Japanese parts firm Aisin has a strong portfolio of braking and clutch solutions for the independent afte ...

Japanese parts firm Aisin has a strong portfolio of braking and clutch solutions for the independent aftermarket. A trusted name in original equipment manufacturing, Aisin also brings its expertise to ...

April 30, 2025
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Will Euro 7 regulations impact brake products?

|Date: April 29, 2025

Will Euro 7 regulations impact brake products?

Carl Lester, braking global product line manager at Delphi, explains what the upcoming Euro 7 regulations ...

Carl Lester, braking global product line manager at Delphi, explains what the upcoming Euro 7 regulations mean for them and for you. Delphi’s product development strategy is guided by three main drive ...

April 29, 2025
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What are the benefits of CCM brake discs?

|Date: April 28, 2025

What are the benefits of CCM brake discs?

A new braking material is coming to the aftermarket, courtesy of Brembo… Last year’s Automechanika in Fra ...

A new braking material is coming to the aftermarket, courtesy of Brembo… Last year’s Automechanika in Frankfurt saw a range of product launches, a few of which we have been highlighting in the magazin ...

April 28, 2025
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How to deal with brake judder

|Date: April 25, 2025

How to deal with brake judder

If you have a customer coming in complaining about brake judder, make sure you fully understand what’s go ...

If you have a customer coming in complaining about brake judder, make sure you fully understand what’s going on between the disc and the pad. When fitting new brake discs and pads, careful preparation ...

April 25, 2025
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How to go about finding EV parts

|Date: April 24, 2025

How to go about finding EV parts

One challenge stood out above all others when I first started working on EVs: parts availability. Back in ...

One challenge stood out above all others when I first started working on EVs: parts availability. Back in 2018, sourcing the parts needed to service and repair EVs was insanely difficult. It was a pro ...

April 24, 2025
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How can winter safety checks protect drivers?

|Date: April 09, 2025

How can winter safety checks protect drivers?

Draper Tools is encouraging garages to keep their customers safe this winter with additional safety check ...

Draper Tools is encouraging garages to keep their customers safe this winter with additional safety checks. At this time of year garages can help offer motorists peace of mind when it comes to safety ...

April 09, 2025
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How can workshops upsell additives?

|Date: April 08, 2025

How can workshops upsell additives?

Mike Schlup, managing director of JLM Lubricants UK, explains the upselling opportunities present in the ...

Mike Schlup, managing director of JLM Lubricants UK, explains the upselling opportunities present in the world of additives as the UK car parc continues to age. As a trusted technician you’re the unsu ...

April 08, 2025
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What’s to come for vehicle headlights?

|Date: April 07, 2025

What’s to come for vehicle headlights?

Automotive lighting specialist Osram is providing an overview of vehicle headlights, the technology curre ...

Automotive lighting specialist Osram is providing an overview of vehicle headlights, the technology currently employed, the technology soon to come and what the aftermarket can offer drivers. Osram ha ...

April 07, 2025
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