Frontal collisions often result in damage to mechanical components. Often such damage goes unidentified until the final stages of the collision repair. Finding a significant mechanical malfunction at the latter stages of the repair process can be trouble for all the parties involved including the repairer who overlooked basic diagnostic tests that may have avoided […]
The Issues with Using Salvaged Air Bags
Some of you might have read that the Rhode Island legislature passed House Bill 7301, modeled after the airbag anti-fraud Model Act created by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL). The bill which targets airbag theft and fraud, makes it a specific crime to steal or purchase a stolen airbag component and requires repairers […]
Introduction to Resistance Welding
History In simplest terms, welding is a process by which two or more pieces of metal are joined together by applying heat and pressure. Back in history, blacksmiths and craftsmen would heat metals in a furnace and then weld them by hammering the red-hot metals together. By hammering the metals as they cooled, the weld […]
Advanced Joining Techniques and Procedures
By Larry Montanez III, CDA and Jeff Lange, PE SKREETCH, CRASH, BOOM, BANG another collision. Hopefully nobody was hurt in the collision event, but this collision means more work for your repair facility. But hold on a minute this is brand new Interceptor RS50x. Hey wait a minute what is an Interceptor RS50x? Well it […]
OEM’s that prohibit anchoring on the pinchweld flanges
Some OEM’s that prohibit anchoring their vehicles, for structural realignment, by the pinchweld flanges are: Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Ferrari,Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Rolls Royce among some others. Always follow the OEM required procedures for anchoring and structural realignment. The reason for this requirement is that the lower rocker panel mating flanges (“pinchwelds”) on […]