Are your customers enjoying reduced booking times, thanks to Pichler Tools? One independent workshop has lauded the company responsible for designing and developing solutions for problem jobs after cutting the time to complete a job by 74%!
The owner of a Worcester-based independent garage left high-praise for Pichler Tools after its new hydraulic wheel bearing removal kit reduced the time spent replacing a seized wheel bearing on a Land Rover Discovery 5.
With a book time of just over one-and-a-quarter hours, Dan Baines, owner of Midland Land Rover Engineers, put his recently acquired tools to work on the front wheel bearing of a Discovery 5 and completed a professional repair within 20 minutes.
Thanks to its innovative design, according to Pichler Tools, the wheel bearing kit allows technicians to work directly on the vehicle with minimal strip down needed for access.
Dan said: “This is a great bit of kit that actually does what it says on the tin with ease. There are a lot of ball joints on the Discovery 5, but this kit made the process so much faster because I could do the job on the car without complete disassembly.”
What’s in the box?
Pichler Tools’ kit comprises a 22t hydraulic cylinder, which can also be used for the removal of seized drive shafts, bushes and ball joints – all while still on the vehicle.
The cylinder can be used with a manual hydraulic foot or pneumatic pump.
Dan also added a Pichler Tools 4.5t ball joint splitter to his kit, allowing him to quickly and easily press-out tapered ball joints without any damage to the rubber boot or thread.
He added: “This is the ultimate kit for the job. It gets the work done so much faster, and I can still charge book time, so it’s a profitable investment. It’s hassle free too; if I’d have done that wheel bearing in a press, chances are the aluminium knuckle would have snapped and I’d be liable for the extra cost.”
Pichler’s hydraulic wheel bearing removal kits have been developed for generation 1, 2 and 3 type wheel bearings. Kits can be tailored to the work requirements of the garage to boost efficiency.
