Recent content by nthach

What Harley needs is the same re-do Toyota did with the Prius - but that might be a bit too late. Both the Prius and Harley had/have similar identity crises. The core Harley rider is fading away, they hit a wall with their bikes(except for the Pan America) and Harley makes more money off...

Hello from Portland. This is a Brett saison.

Budget is part of Avis group, no? I’ve been noticing with the rise of CRACs(Consolidated Rent-A-Car centers) at airports, the rental car companies(Hertz/Avis/Enterprise) are doing less work at their airport hubs and sending more cars to Bridgestone Retail Ops(Firestone/Wheel Works), Sumitomo...

Simple Green HD. The classic green stuff is aggressive on aluminum and delicate PVD finishes.

Mando is a long time OEM to the Koreans. They started out making alternators/starters for Hyundai under Mitsubishi Electric license. They now supply brakes for GM. Visteon’s former climate control division was bought out by Mando and called Hanon Climate - Ford, HyunKia, GM Korea and Tesla use...

Ryder has their own in-house maintenance, Penske should as well. U-Haul does maintenance at their bigger hubs, I’ve noticed “good” (Michelin or General) tires and some kind of a maintenance log on their trucks when I rented them...

I’ve always applied a liberal amount of grease to the ID of a seal. Never had an issue. Toyota doesn’t use PTFE seals - they’re either neoprene/nitrile or FKM(Viton). PTFE seems to an aftermarket thing, more for rear main seals. Fel-Pro has many of those.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the FLAPS stuff(Duralast, MasterPro, DriveWorks/Carquest) and Napa’s house brand is FCS or Sensen. MAT Holdings owns Gabriel. While the shock itself is made by KYB(as an example) or others, the mount and spring come from China or India.

Depends on the car. Many do automatically apply it - look for an AUTO button next to the EPB trigger or it can be an option that can be turned on/off with a scan tool. A friend’s 2021 Forester Premium doesn’t. My parent’s 2019 RXh/2025 Camry both do. But, the EPB system isn’t constantly...

The tires, Michelin makes them in their Classic line: https://www.michelinman.com/classic/tires/michelin-mxv But the car, i think Honda didn’t import the Prelude 4WS in significant quantities.

Toyotas also have a service mode for the EPB. Haven’t tried it out, I have a scan tool that can do the service mode. I was at AZ getting pads, someone walked in with a rear caliper for a Mercedes. That person supposedly though he put the car in brake service mode, started to wind the calipers...

great. I have a set of Raybestos EHT pads and rotors for an old GMT400 I need to slap brakes on. Should I just get a different brand of pad? They’re 2022/23 production, made in Mexico I think. I can check when I’m at the house the truck is located at.

Sil-Glyde, Toyota Rubber Grease or Dow 111 is all I would use on slide pins.

For me, OEM if possible. Else, it’s either Akebono, Bosch or the better AutoZone offerings. I’m liking the Bosch-made Duralast Elites I’ve installed recently.

ASRC is Toyota T-IV if I’m not mistaken. I’d use it as long as it’s speced for that.