Service and repair

Service and repair

Volvo enhances updated service offering

Volvo Trucks North America introduces Volvo Blue Contract service offering, a comprehensive maintenance program designed to improve uptime, assist in optimizing truck performance and simplify maintenance management for customers and dealers.

July 22, 2021

Volvo Trucks service network

Service and repair

How to replace fuel injectors in heavy trucks

Here are simple steps every technician should follow to safeguard against mistakes when replacing fuel injectors in medium- and heavy-duty diesel engines.

July 15, 2021

Documentation software

Decisiv adds inspection video feature

TruVideo inspection videos are being incorporated into Decisiv's SRM Case application to enhance communication and collaboration during service events.

July 8, 2021

TMC/FleetNet America report spike in roadside events

TMC/FleetNet America's Vertical Benchmarking Program found an industrywide increase in the frequency of unscheduled roadside maintenance in Q1.

July 7, 2021

Truck with flat tire roadside

Service and repair

AFA tech bulletin: Cylinder liner sealing rings

A cylinder liner and a cylinder liner sealing ring prevents foreign materials from entering the combustion chamber.

June 28, 2021

Schematic of cylinder liner and sealing rings.

Documentation software

Mitchell 1 labor guide available through Decisiv

Mitchell 1 announced Thursday its TruckLabor module in the TruckSeries truck repair information software is now available to access in the Decisiv Marketplace.

June 24, 2021

TruckLabor module

Service and repair

HD Repair Forum to be held with fall TMC event

ATA's Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) announced Tuesday the Heavy Duty Repair Forum has agreed to co-locate its fall event at the 2021 TMC Fall Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition this September in Cleveland.

June 22, 2021

HD Repair Forum

Documentation software

Mitchell 1 adds VMRS to TruckSeries suite

Mitchell 1 has added Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards (VMRS) codes to its TruckSeries suite of truck repair software solutions.

June 14, 2021

Mitchell 1 TruckSeries dashboard

New Association for Commercial Equipment Solutions partners with Diesel Laptops

Repair ACES (The Association for Commercial Equipment Solutions), has announced a partnership with Diesel Laptops as a founding ACES affiliate member.

June 7, 2021

Business operations

Interstate Billing, iTRG announce strategic partnership

Interstate Billing Service and the Independent Truck Repair Group (iTRG) have announced a strategic partnership, which will bring specially brokered rates and rebates to iTRG members.

May 13, 2021

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Service and repair

How to: Check for wheel-end seal leaks

A properly functioning wheel-end hub is essential to all medium- and heavy-duty truck and trailer brake systems. Which means when a hub begins to leak, the outcome if untreated can quickly become catastrophic.

May 12, 2021

Noregon announces JPRO update

Noregon Tuesday announced the release of its first major update of 2021 for its flagship product, JPRO Professional.

May 11, 2021

Noregon Jpro Professional

Service and repair

Outfitting the optimal mobile service truck

Properly outfitting a service truck is an essential step in building a viable mobile business. Sending a truck to a unit down customer for service can potentially shave hours or days off their downtime, but only if the truck and tech are prepared.

May 1, 2021

truck tech outside of dickinson fleet services truck

Service and repair

Troubleshooting turbochargers

Service providers quick to swap out a turbocharger without inspecting other systems stand a chance of seeing an unhappy customer again grumbling about the same problem.

April 26, 2021

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Service and repair

Truckload carrier breakdown rate up 14 percent, TMC study indicates

The American Trucking Associations' Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) released the results of its fourth quarter 2020 TMC/FleetNet America Vertical Benchmarking Program.

April 26, 2021

Service and repair

TMC, Decisiv launch new parts and labor cost benchmarking survey

TMC announced Monday a partnership with Decisiv to produce a new industry benchmarking tool that will track key performance indicators for commercial vehicle parts and labor based on the TMC's Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards.

April 20, 2021

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Battery electric

Nikola announces national parts and service strategy

Nikola announced Thursday it will partner with the RIG360 service network to establish a nationwide sales, parts and service plan.

April 8, 2021

Service and repair

Lighting suppliers offer Roadcheck tips to service providers

To assist service providers with helping their customers avoid lighting-related infractions, TPS posed a question to several industry lighting suppliers.

April 6, 2021

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Road work ahead

Will the bipartisan infrastructure package reach the finish line?

A $1.2 trillion bipartisan agreement to invest in American infrastructure lost a cloture vote in the Senate Wednesday. What does that mean for its future?

Truck on isolated highway

Used market setting records as prices continue to swell

DOTY award program

Finalists announced for 2021 Distributor of the Year

Tina Hubbard speaking at meeting

HDA Truck Pride brings the gang back together for busy annual meeting

Volvo truck driver

Volvo to restart production amid contract impasse with UAW

Learn how to move your used trucks faster

With unsold used inventory depreciating at a rate of more than 2% monthly, efficient inventory turnover is a must for dealers. Download this eBook to access proven strategies for selling used trucks faster.

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Learn about CCC Parts Expanded Product Offerings

North America’s premier wholesale distributor of drivetrain & gearing components has expanded leading brand product offerings in Undercarriage & Suspension, Hydraulics, Brake & Wheel End plus more.