When replacing car parts, you should know that not all car replacement parts are the same. In fact, there are three types of replacement car parts that you should know. Depending on the situation, the type of replacement part may matter. Let’s go ahead and explain the three different types of replacement car parts.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Replacement Car Parts | Automotive Parts Suppliers
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Know What's Best for Your Car | Automotive Parts Suppliers
When you need to leave our valuables behind, you ask our friends to watch over them and not a stranger. When you get sick, you go to your family doctor and not just any other doctor. Why? Because you trust them to care of your valuable possessions and of your health. The same goes for your car – you won’t entrust your automobile to just any auto parts supplier.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
“Tiger Look” | Automotive Parts Suppliers
Roberts.com.ph is now holding a Photo Contest on Facebook!
To join the contest, you only need two things:
- A Camera
- Yourself
Prize:
10,000 pesos and recognition in our blog!
Instructions:
Take a picture of yourself with a Tiger ‘Grrrrr’ pose. Be creative!
Upload the picture to our Tiger Leafspring Facebook Page
Share it with your friends and have them ‘like’ the picture (our advice is to tag them up!)
Only one photo entry per fan.</span>
Title of the photo and participant’s name should be clearly indicated when submitting an entry.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
6 Simple Steps to Determine Correct Ride Height — Automotive Parts Suppliers
Determining your vehicle’s ride height may seem like a daunting task. It’s necesary for maintaining your suspension system –which includes your leafsprings and shackles, among others – and getting your vehicle’s ride height certainly can’t be done by looking at the vehicle alone. You can’t just go on and say “Oh, I’d like to have my car raised to about maybe thiiiiis height?” What you need to do is to pick out the set of wheels or tires you’ll be using.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
What You Should Know about Shackles — Automotive Parts Suppliers
Alright kiddies, a shackle is not just a handcuff, it’s also used to hold a leaf- spring and tire together. The spring shackle is attached to one end of the leaf spring, allowing it to flex while keeping the tires on the road. Plus, these babies can be lengthened and give a greater amount of clearance to your vehicle.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Why Leafsprings that Undergo Shot Peening are More Durable — Automotive Parts Suppliers
Shot peening is the blasting method of cleaning or altering various surfaces. In the case of automotive parts, it is most used in the production of leafsprings. It is basically a process where a small ball called a shot bombards the target surface repeatedly. When a shot is fired it creates a dimple on the surface, but below the surface the material tries to restore its original shape, if you had a go at it for a hundred thousand times, it would create a compressed and highly stressed network.
Nearly all fatigue and stress corrosion failures originate at the surface, but cracks will not start in a compressively stressed zone. Shot peening makes sure that overlapping dimples create a uniform layer of compressive stresses which therefore lengthens the life of that metal.