Independent garages are rushing to sign-up to the new @REPXPERT_UK Twitter channel from Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket.
The Twitter platform was launched recently at Automechanika UK and is proving popular with users keen to follow tweets on a variety of topics including LuK original equipment (OE) clutch components.
One of the latest tweets focuses on Dual Mass Flywheels (DMFs). These have been fitted to more than 100 million vehicles as OE since their launch in 1985. As modern engines continue to get smaller, lighter and more powerful, they are still the vehicle manufacturers’ (VMs) first choice for efficient vibration control.
Later DMF designs incorporate additional springing to add further absorption capacity. The newest versions borrow advanced aircraft engine technology – specifically in the form of the Centrifugal Pendulum Absorber (CPA) – and information on why they are fitted as OE is also now featured on Twitter.
Advice on fitting LuK components is now available for free on Schaeffler’s online workshop resource portal REPXPERT which now boasts a following of more than 7500 automotive professionals.
Malcolm Short, Technical Services Manager for Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket in the UK, said: “Subscribers to REPXPERT can now download all the information they need to install LuK clutches for free, whereas in the past they would have had to use the bonus points included in our product cartons. In fact, all TecRMI information related to Schaeffler components, whether it be LuK, INA, FAG or Ruville, is now available for free to REPXPERT members.
