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Overbalancing and The Use of Heavy Metal

By Mike Mavrigian While the “traditional” approach to crank balancing is to consider 100% of the rotating weight and 50% of the reciprocating weight, there are slight advantages in deviating from this by slightly increasing or decreasing this balance factor…

Sleeving Aluminum and Cast Iron Blocks

By Brian Roberts Machine shops are continually asked to help salvage engine blocks. This leads to the need to sleeve an aluminum or cast iron block. This information should be used anytime salvage operations are being performed on gas or…

Shop Supplies

By Andy Kennedy Shop supplies are a necessary component of any service or repair. Make sure you’re covered. When it comes to shop supplies, the cost of these items is often absorbed by many shops not realizing just how much…

Cummins Hydrogen 6.7L Engine

By Brian Roberts Cummins has released a new version of the 6.7L engine found in many trucks today. This hydrogen engine was developed to offer cleaner burning fuel for emissions on trucks and pieces of equipment. Europe is rapidly transitioning…