Kaizen Forge Shop Talk

Seals Blowing Out Again? Test Crankcase Pressur...

You replaced the rear main. Two months later the front crank seal is wet. Now the valve cover gaskets are weeping and the dipstick keeps popping up out of the...

Seals Blowing Out Again? Test Crankcase Pressur...

You replaced the rear main. Two months later the front crank seal is wet. Now the valve cover gaskets are weeping and the dipstick keeps popping up out of the...

Kaizen Forge M12 Power Adapter used to bench test a 12V sunroof motor

Sunroof Stuck Open? Close It Manually Before Yo...

Sunroof stuck open in the rain? Walk it shut with the manual override, then split a dead switch from a dead motor before you buy a cassette assembly.

Sunroof Stuck Open? Close It Manually Before Yo...

Sunroof stuck open in the rain? Walk it shut with the manual override, then split a dead switch from a dead motor before you buy a cassette assembly.

Kaizen Forge M12 Power Adapter

Power Seat Dead? Test the Motor Before You Buy ...

A dead power seat is usually one small reversible motor, not the whole track. Here is the test order: prove power at the motor, bench it both directions, then look...

Power Seat Dead? Test the Motor Before You Buy ...

A dead power seat is usually one small reversible motor, not the whole track. Here is the test order: prove power at the motor, bench it both directions, then look...

ABS Light On? Test the Wheel Speed Sensor Before You Buy the Hub

ABS Light On? Test the Wheel Speed Sensor Befor...

ABS light on? How to prove which wheel speed sensor is at fault with live data, air gap and ring checks, and a bench test, before you buy a hub.

ABS Light On? Test the Wheel Speed Sensor Befor...

ABS light on? How to prove which wheel speed sensor is at fault with live data, air gap and ring checks, and a bench test, before you buy a hub.

P0016 Code? Prove the Chain Is Stretched Before...

You scanned it. P0016 — Crankshaft Position / Camshaft Position Correlation, Bank 1. The engine still runs, maybe a little rough, maybe a light rattle on a cold start. Now...

P0016 Code? Prove the Chain Is Stretched Before...

You scanned it. P0016 — Crankshaft Position / Camshaft Position Correlation, Bank 1. The engine still runs, maybe a little rough, maybe a light rattle on a cold start. Now...

Electronic Parking Brake Rear Brakes: Service M...

You pull the rear wheel off a late-model car, and the caliper piston will not go back. So you grab the C-clamp and lean on it. Five minutes later the...

Electronic Parking Brake Rear Brakes: Service M...

You pull the rear wheel off a late-model car, and the caliper piston will not go back. So you grab the C-clamp and lean on it. Five minutes later the...