It’s hardly earthshaking to say that today’s transmissions are advancing technologically every day. But what you may not realize is that today’s torque...
Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature in which I share stories, insights, and reflections about real business and life challenges.
In over 20...
Hyundai/Kia Motor Company introduced its first, internally designed-and-manufactured A6 six-speed automatic transmission in 2009. Designing and manufacturing...
When diagnosing transmission and driveability issues, it’s important to understand the computer systems that control them. Using multiple control modules...
Have you ever had a misfire where you wanted to do a compression test on a cylinder that was buried underneath an intake manifold? Or worse, gone through all...
In February 1992, Bob and Patricia Franklin and their 18-month-old son, Matthew, emigrated from their home in England to the United States, to pursue the...
It seems like the news of industry veterans’ passing has become all too common in recent years. But Stevie Lavallee was much more than just another industry...
In 2000, Ford introduced the 5R55N. It was only used in the 2000-2002 Lincoln LS, 2002 Thunderbird, and 2000-2002 Jaguar S-type. It’s a lot like the 5R55W/S...
Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature in which I share stories, insights, and reflections about real business and life challenges.
In keeping...
Problems have been reported with the 2009 and up Subaru CVT torque converter clutch not releasing. Engine may stall or drop engine RPM when slowing to a...
“How’s life?” It’s not uncommon to have friends ask this question when they haven’t seen you in a while. What’s your answer today? How’s “it”...
Everyone in the business world has heard of a mission statement and the importance for a business to have one. But, if you’ve ever looked at some...
It seems that every few months we hear of a new transmission coming to market. It’s hard to keep up with all the different transmissions and different ways...
In the March issue of GEARS, we covered some ideas for creating your company’s mission statement. Hopefully you’ve given the idea some thought and come up...
The 845RE started life as a ZF8HP45, designed by ZF in Germany. Chrysler bought the license for the design and began building the 845RE at its Kokomo, Indiana...
When you teach a seminar every year in the same city, you get to meet some interesting people, and some of them become friends, like John Bozzi (figure 1) of...
Sometimes it’s hard to imagine just how much technology goes into even the smallest parts in today’s vehicles. Take fasteners: Bolts, nuts, and studs are...
In the October 2016 issue, we touched upon Mazda’s AAS system. We compared it to other systems, seeing differences and similarities. One of the things we...
Sometimes life throws you a curve… and those curves get even tougher to hit when the last time you faced this pitcher was so long ago you have a hard time...
We’re more than just rebuilders,” says Ron Shaw, owner of A-Affordable Transmission Centers, with two shops in the Denver, Colorado area. “We understand...
