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Article: Garage Equipment
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- New Straits Times
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- August 11, 2002
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Paul David
New Straits Times
08-11-2002
Garage Equipment
Byline: Paul David
Edition: 2*
Memo: Collision repair.; Part 8.
MOST independent workshops operate with a minimum of equipment and it is not unusual to see mechanics crawling on the floor to work on the undercarraige of vehicles. Every workshop should have some basic equipment apart from the standard hand tools, jacks and body stands. without them, repairs and maintenance cannot be carried out properly. For example:
Four Post or Two Post Lifts
These are lifting machines that are used to lift the vehicle off the ground for work to be done underneath the vehicle. The four-post type lifts the vehicle with its four wheels resting on two ...