Kaizen Forge Shop Talk

Rear Main Seal Replacement: Do It Right or Do I...

Oil dripping from the bellhousing after a rear main seal job is one of the worst comebacks in the book. The customer watched you do the work. You torqued everything....

Rear Main Seal Replacement: Do It Right or Do I...

Oil dripping from the bellhousing after a rear main seal job is one of the worst comebacks in the book. The customer watched you do the work. You torqued everything....

Voltage Drop Testing: The Test Too Many Techs Skip

Customer says the headlights dim when they hit the brakes. Battery checks out. Alternator checks out. You replace both anyway, and the complaint comes back in a week. Then the...

Voltage Drop Testing: The Test Too Many Techs Skip

Customer says the headlights dim when they hit the brakes. Battery checks out. Alternator checks out. You replace both anyway, and the complaint comes back in a week. Then the...

Flag Hours Faster: 5 Shop Habits That Actually ...

Flat rate doesn't care how hard you worked. It cares how fast the job gets done. The techs who flag the most hours aren't the fastest wrenches in the shop....

Flag Hours Faster: 5 Shop Habits That Actually ...

Flat rate doesn't care how hard you worked. It cares how fast the job gets done. The techs who flag the most hours aren't the fastest wrenches in the shop....

Engine Break-In After a Rebuild: What Actually ...

You just spent a weekend rebuilding an engine. It fired up on the first try, oil pressure is good, no leaks. Now what? How you drive it for the first...

Engine Break-In After a Rebuild: What Actually ...

You just spent a weekend rebuilding an engine. It fired up on the first try, oil pressure is good, no leaks. Now what? How you drive it for the first...

Milwaukee M12 Battery Not Holding a Charge? Her...

You're in the middle of a brake job and the M12 dies. Again. You grab the spare out of the drawer and it's dead too. Every tech knows this one....

Milwaukee M12 Battery Not Holding a Charge? Her...

You're in the middle of a brake job and the M12 dies. Again. You grab the spare out of the drawer and it's dead too. Every tech knows this one....

How to Swap a Car Battery Without Losing Memory...

You pull the battery on a 2018 SUV for a thirty-minute job. When you fire it back up, the radio is locked, the steering angle sensor is screaming, and the...

How to Swap a Car Battery Without Losing Memory...

You pull the battery on a 2018 SUV for a thirty-minute job. When you fire it back up, the radio is locked, the steering angle sensor is screaming, and the...