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Timing Tensioners, Idler Bearings and Chain Guides
A timing belt or chain is only as good as the parts that hold it in tension and guide its path. Tensioners, idler bearings, chain guides and adjusters wear on the same schedule as the belt, and the...
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Crankshaft Thrust Washers, Bearing Shells and Liners — End Float and Undersizes
Crankshaft thrust washers are the only thing stopping the crank moving lengthways in the block, and they are the part most often overlooked in a rebuild. They are supplied in standard and oversize ...
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Engine Valves, Guides and Seats — Diagnosis and Selection
Valves, valve guides and valve seats work as a set. The valve seals the chamber, the guide keeps it running true, and the seat gives it something hard to close against. Wear in any one of them show...
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King Pins, Idler Arms, Pitman Arms and Drag Links — Commercial Steering Linkage
Older trucks, buses and many light commercials do not steer through a rack. They use a recirculating-ball box, a pitman arm, a drag link, an idler arm and king pins at the wheel ends. Every one of ...
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Spark Plugs and Glow Plugs — Specification, Diagnosis and Fitting
Spark plugs and glow plugs are both screwed into the cylinder head and both are about starting and running an engine, but they do opposite jobs on opposite engines. A spark plug ignites the mixture...
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Head Gaskets and Engine Gasket Sets — Grades, Bolts and Fitting
A head gasket is the highest-loaded seal on the engine: it holds combustion pressure, coolant and oil apart across the same joint, through every heat cycle the engine sees. When one fails the cause...
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Clutch, Release Bearing and Gear Shift Components
A clutch complaint is almost never one part. The disc, the release bearing, the linkage or servo, and the engine and gearbox mounts all act on the same pedal, and a fault in any of them feels like ...
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Spin-On and Cartridge Element Filters — Which Your Engine Takes
The same engine oil or fuel filter is sold in two quite different forms: a spin-on canister that screws on complete with its own housing, and a cartridge element that drops into a permanent housing...
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Engine Mountings — Types, Diagnosis and Fitting Order
An engine mounting has two jobs that pull against each other: hold a heavy engine still under torque, and stop its vibration reaching the body. That is why they are rubber bonded to steel, why some...
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In-Tank Fuel Pumps — Diagnosis, Modules and Replacement
On a fuel-injected vehicle the pump lives inside the tank, submerged in petrol that cools it and carries away its heat. That design is reliable until the tank is run low, and running low is exactly...