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The appointment process is more than just getting the customer's name, phone number, and vehicle type. Properly set appointments are the bridge between customer visits, making them more likely to return to your store.
During this meeting, we will discuss: 1. The benefits of returning customers 2. Establishing a "dressing history" 3. Prepare customers psychologically and financially through suggestions 4. The importance of exit interviews
You will leave this meeting with new ideas to improve your appointment settings and at the same time bring more business, and at the same time make customers want to know what they need to return and when they need to return to properly maintain their vehicle every time they visit.
Speaker John (JB) Burkhauser, Education Director of BOLT ON TECHNOLOGY Doug Kaufman, Editor of ShopOwner
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Brake & Front End responds to emerging trends in the field of chassis repair by providing application-specific technical information and solutions, thereby providing services to repair shops that perform a large number of chassis repairs. By subscribing, you will receive the ShopOwner digital magazine (12 times a year), which contains articles from Brake & Front End and Brake & Front End e-newsletters (twice a week). Today is ready for you to access digital editions, competitions, news and more!
Brake & Front End responds to emerging trends in the field of chassis repair by providing application-specific technical information and solutions, thereby providing services to repair shops that perform a large number of chassis repairs. By subscribing, you will receive the ShopOwner digital magazine (12 times a year), which contains articles from Brake & Front End and Brake & Front End e-newsletters (twice a week). Today is ready for you to access digital editions, competitions, news and more!
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The friction between the belt and the pulley will wear the belt. This video is sponsored by the Group Training Academy.
Visual inspection of vehicle serpentine belts is more important than ever-but advanced belt structure characteristics mean that processes have changed. You can no longer simply spot old cracks and wear that indicate a potential impending failure. You need to know what to look for, and equally important is how to do it correctly.
The serpentine belt is part of the system, not the only part that is prone to wear. The design life of the tensioner, idler pulley and pulley is the same as that of the belt. On some vehicles (if equipped), the separator pulley on the alternator will wear out over time and needs to be inspected and replaced when needed.
The friction between the belt and the pulley will wear the belt. This wear usually occurs on the side walls of the ribs. This loss of material on the ribs allows the belt to slide in the drive. The belt can no longer effectively drive accessories that affect its performance.
In addition to checking the grooves, also observe the belt while the engine is running. If you see a lot of movement or vibration in the belt, the tensioner may be weak or stuck and should be replaced. Check the drive pulley for any misalignment. This can sometimes be done visually (turn off the engine), but usually requires the use of more complex tools such as laser alignment tools.
The length of the replacement snake belt must be the same as the original belt. Make sure that the installed belt is suitable for the vehicle in which it is installed. Low-quality replacement belts may have incorrect lengths, which can lead to tensioner tolerances. For example, a belt that is too short can cause excessive tension and impose higher than normal loads on the bearings in the alternator, power steering pump, and water pump. Belts that are too long may slip, make noise, and wear prematurely. It can also cause the tensioner to work harder and fail faster.
The OAD separator pulley installed on the high-current alternator improves engine efficiency and enables the alternator to "glide" freely in the event of a sudden belt deceleration. If the pulley fails, it will cause noise and belt vibration, which may also affect the automatic belt tensioner.
To check the alignment in the pulley system most accurately, use a laser alignment tool. By doing this, you can find out if there are one or more culprits that eat the belt, such as parallelism or angular misalignment. Pulley runout is caused by misalignment caused by bent component shafts or worn bearings. During the inspection, watch out for bent or damaged accessory brackets and look for loose, missing or damaged bolts-these items can cause belt alignment problems.
You can also check the system without a belt. With the engine turned off, try to move the pulley back and forth to ensure that the installation is firm and the axial movement of the pulley is minimal, which will cause misalignment. Move all idlers back and forth by hand and check for loose rocks. Excessive movement indicates bearing or alignment problems, and the idler should be replaced. Make sure to deal with any misalignment issues.
Many systems with excessive misalignment can be corrected by installing gaskets on the accessory, moving the position of the pulley on the accessory shaft, or loosening the accessory mounting point and changing the tightening sequence.
After turning off the engine and removing the belt, the tensioner can be inspected more closely. Turn the tension wheel by hand to feel the roughness of the bearing. Rough bearings indicate possible immediate failure and the tensioner should be replaced. When rotating the pulley, look for (and remove) foreign objects that have accumulated on the surface of the pulley.
Using the appropriate tool, move the tensioner arm like a new belt; move the arm over the entire range of available travel. By feeling, you can detect whether the tensioner arm is rough or sticky during this movement. If a jam is detected, replace the tensioner.
In the final step, try to move the tensioner arm to and away from the engine. If looseness is detected, the pivot bushing in the tensioner is excessively worn and the tensioner should be replaced.
Remember, if you only replace the belt without looking at other components, you may send a new belt prematurely.
This video is sponsored by The Group Training Academy.
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