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A garage is a place where automotive vehicles are serviced, repaired and stored. It is also a place for storing things and for building workshops, where in, tools or equipments are stored in order to service your own vehicle. In order to have an efficient garage, owners should provide basic equipments that usually vary with certain specifications.

A garage is a place where automotive vehicles are serviced, repaired and stored. It is also a place for storing things and for building workshops, where in, tools or equipments are stored in order to service your own vehicle. A garage is like a cabinet with a rolling door in which you can put all the necessary tools, especially for making repair works for the vehicle. It is a structure that is not enclosed completely and is also often called a “carport”.

Historically, during the 1950s, a typically garage has a door connecting directly to the interior of the house. Now, more residential garages are often attached to the house, while commercial garages are a separate room that resembles a modern shed.

One should have a handy list of equipments inside your garage so that you will not find it hard to fix your vehicle or other stuff right in your own garage. These important equipments are as follows:

1. Air Compressors

These are mechanical devices that are required for pumping air or compressing gas with pressure. It fills the vehicle tires with air. This is for cases where in the air inside the tires have decreased. Air compressors can also be used in patch works and spray paintings of vehicles.

2. Fluids and Exchange Equipment

These garage equipments ensure mobilization and the standard exchange of a vehicle. It helps in maintaining fluid intake via checking mileage duly given by the vehicle, cleaning the defect.

3. Lift Equipment- Hydraulic Lift

A hydraulic lift is used in lifting a vehicle towards a certain level. This is done for cases of repairing or giving alternative treatment without strain on your vehicle. This is ideal for cars and vans for it can lift up to a 3 ton capacity weight.

4. Jacks and stands

Jacks and stands are basic tools for a garage that mainly requires the screwing and unscrewing of certain parts of the vehicle. This is also in order to erect it at a level of alignment used by a mechanic.

5. Washing equipment

These equipments are used in order to manually cleanse the removed parts of a vehicle and replace it afterwards. The process actually removes excess oil and dust inside the inner surface, as well as in and around the engine itself.

6. Wheel Balancer

An ergosonic balancer allows a car wheel to be balanced an accuracy of 2-gramme less at 90 rpm in seconds. It also has ultrasonic sensors which automatically measures the rim diameter, width, wheel dimension and offsets it with no chances of operator error and manual programming. A wheel balancer is a large cabinet that provides the capacity for an increase in weight and accessory storage.

For bicycle wheels, there is a digital balancer for wheel centering, along with a lateral and radial rim in order to measure eccentricity. Hence, motor digital balancers allow a perfect balancing of wheel bearings with non rotating shafts.

Fort scooter wheels, a manual digital balancer allows the rotation of wheel bearings, granting precision for a very tool thin shaft. Thus, for motorcycles, car and scooter wheels, a manual spin balancer with rotating shaft are actually more suitable.

7. Service Stand

Service stands are available within a work bench and a drip tray. This used for other tool supplies. You can do piping from the floor through the legs or otherwise.

8. Wheel Aligner

An aligner is a combination of accuracy and speed that is being used with the steering wheel. This is for both axles that are measured by the 4 measuring heads, along with its high resolution technology sensors of 8 CCD.

9. Tire Changing Machines

Technical Data:

• Net weight: 155 kg, Max.

• Wheel diameter: 980 mm, bead loops.

• Opening 45-325 mm, Max.

• Wheel width: 12″

• Chucking device: 8rpm

• Maz motor torque: 1000Nm

• Motor power: 0.75HP (055kW)

• External clamping: 10″-18″

• Bead loops: Max power 2400 kg

• Internal clamping: 12″-20″

10. Wheel Balancing Weight Pliers Top

These equipments are used in cutting, loosening and securing weights in wheels. A pliers top is made from Chrome Vanadium steel.

11. Wheel Balancing Weight Pliers Soft Head

It is used in cutting sizes, loosening and securing wheels on alloy aluminum rims. The plier’s soft head is made up of chrome vanadium steel.

12. Clip Fitting Tool

A clip fitting tool is designed for fixing or removing two-piece weight balances. It is also used in order to hook, lift the lip or remove body weight.

13. Adhesive Balance Weight Remover

This tool removes adhesive weight of the wheel without damaging the actual alloy rims.

Weight: 60gms

14. Rim Width Calliper

This tool measures the pitch circle wheel diameter that has been mounted on holes of 3, 4 and 5.

15. Wheel Alignment Mechanical Turn Table for Passenger Cars

This tool is used for truck wheel alignment machines.

16. Tire Levers

This tool removes locking rims of 420 mm up to 460mm.

17. Brush with Plastic Handle

This tool is used for lubricating tires and for changing it with machines.

18. Valve core Screw Driver

This tool is used along with a standard single ended 1″ stem length. This is commonly used for fixing and removing valve cores, particularly the VG5 from one end and the VG8 from the other end.

19. Tyre Mounting Aid

This tool is used for mounting rim clamps that are European styled, specifically the VR and the ZR, which are highspeed low profile tire changers.

20. Ventifix Steel

This tool is used for mounting rubber snap-in-valves on passenger cars.

21. Tubeless Tyre Repair Kit

This is a complete kit which includes a knife, instruction sheet, probe, repair seals and insertion tool.

22. Opacity Meter

This tool is used for displaying smoke opacity degree and co-efficiency of light absorption.

Other equipments and tools:

• Garage Storage Rack

• Fire Extinguisher

• Power tool holder

• Fuel Injector cleaner

• Oil Extractor

• Car Batteries

• Wheel Nut Impact Socket

• L Shape Spanner (Socket)

• Four way Wheel Nut Wrench for Passenger Cars

• Four way Wheel Nut Wrench for Passenger Trucks

• Double Ended Wheel Wrench for Trucks

• Flexible Skiving Knife

• Rubber Pad for Passenger Cars Lifts

• Hoe Style Inner Liner Scrapper

• Mast Air System, Schrdu Frame

• Tyre Bench Spreader

• Universal Adaptor

• Flexible Valve Ext.

• Tyre Pressure Gauge

• Serrated Wooden Handle 038mm, 6mm thick

• Headlight Tester

Thus, garage can also be used as a work space for home improvement. Managing a complete set of garage equipment is important for servicing ones vehicles and other home works in an efficient way.



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Richard Romando


Genie, Chamberlain, Sears, Wayne-Dalton, Linear, and Universal (SkyLink) make some of the best garage door openers on the market. The following product reviews should be useful for those in the market for a garage door opener. The Genie® Company is one of the most well-known and trusted companies in the US. Founded in 1923 under the name of the Alliance Manufacturing company, Genie manufactures consumer, industrial as well as military products. The Genie® brand of garage door openers are very popular for their high power remote-controlled garage door opening systems.

Genie produces a wide range of garage door openers and the most popular brands from Genie are: the Excelerator, the Screw Drive and the Chain Glide. Other brands include the Alliance, the Blue Max, the Crusader, Python, Pro-Max, Lift-a-door, OverHead Door, Norelco, Code-Dodger and Intellicode.

Genie uses state-of-the-art technology in its garage door openers. The Intellicode® remote access security system changes the security code to one of billions of combinations each time the transmitter is used, thus making it one of the safest systems in the world. Its Sate-T-Beam™ infrared beam system can sense the presence of objects in the door’s path and can thus prevent damage to equipment. Genie garage door openers can be installed on both single as well as double doors. They use ½ horsepower and can work on doors that are up to 8 feet high. Genie garage door openers open twice as fast as other garage door openers but close at normal speeds. They are very quiet, have a bright, wide-angle lighting and powerful motor design and can work in any weather conditions. Such advanced technologies make the Genie brand of garage door openers most popular in the world.

Chamberlain GmbH based in Saarwellingen, Germany is a principal supplier of residential garage door openers, commercial and residential gate operators, and remote controls in the world. The company has offices in France, England, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovak Republic and Singapore. Chamberlain products are available almost across the whole world.

Chamberlain offers garage door openers in commercial as well as residential varieties. Chamberlain®, Whisper Drive® and Power Drive® Garage Door Openers are the most popular brands from Chamberlain.

LiftMaster® is the most popular brand from Chamberlain. This range also includes the Liftmaster garage door opener remotes, replacement parts, mini transmitters, keychain remotes and other accessories. LiftMaster garage door openers are available in different drive and horsepower modes and are combined with a wide range of accessories and options. The LiftMaster range contains: the Estate Series, the Premium series and the Contractor series. These are available in the belt drive; screw drive as well as in chain drive models.

Chamberlain’s Power Drive® and Whisper Drive® belong to the residential garage door opener category in the do-it-yourself range. The Elite™ range contains premier residential and commercial gate operators and access control systems. The Sentex® range is for secure residential and commercial garages.

Sears Holdings Corporation, parent of Kmart and Sears, Roebuck and Co., is the third largest broad line retailer in the US. Sears Holdings is a leading supplier of tools, lawn and garden, home electronics, and automotive repair and maintenance. It supplies the Craftsman range of garage door openers.

Craftsman supplies power tools, storage chests and cabinets, bench power tools, mechanics tools, power tool accessories, general hand tools, compressor tools, carpentry tools and home security and garage door openers and accessories. The Craftsman range of garage door openers consist of simple ½ hp garage door opener, ¾ hp garage door opener in chain drive models. Other products include the universal remote control conversion kit with 1 remote, the 10ft chain drive extension kit, the 10ft extension kit for garage door opener, the 8ft extension kit for garage door opener, the 8ft rail extension kit, the Remote control, 3-function security, keyless entry pad, plug-in light control for garage door opener, the wireless garage door monitor and the extension kit (screw drive).

Wayne Dalton, established in 1954, is the producer and supplier of the safest residential and commercial garage doors and garage door openers in the US. Wayne Dalton supplies two kinds of garage door openers: wall mount and ceiling mount. The wall mount openers, an exclusive product from Wayne Dalton, can be mounted on the wall beside the door. This helps to eliminate the chains, belts, screw drive and tract that usually clutter the garage ceiling. This model also helps to eliminate noise and vibration to a large extent.

The Linear Corporate is a major producer of security systems like garage door and garage door openers. Linear produces garage door openers accessories like the Linear Act 21 key chain transmitter, Linear DR3A Linear Moore-O-Matic gate or garage opener receiver, Linear DT2A gate or garage door opener replacement transmitter, Linear DTC Moore-O-Matic Delta 3 Remote (same as DTD or DT) gate or garage door opener replacement transmitter, Linear DTKP wireless keypad, Linear MDR Megacode System single channel receiver, Linear MDT-1 and MDT-2 Megacode gate or garage door openers, Linear MDTK wireless keypad model, Linear MT-1B channel visor block coded transmitter, Linear MT-2B channel visor block coded transmitter etc.

Linear also makes the Stanley range of garage door opener parts and accessories like Vemco, Quiet Glide, LightMaker, Home Innovative, Whistler, Popular Mechanics, SecureCode



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Anthony Fontanelle


From 1926 to present, Pontiac vehicles has continued to be one of the high performance and sporty marque of vehicle produced by General Motors. This mid level car make was originally introduced as a 5 passenger car by the Oakland Automobile Co. Even though Pontiac vehicles were designed as a low-price alternative, they are far more equipped than entry level cars with its standard car parts and equipments. The powerful line up of Pontiac includes the Pontiac Sunfire, Pontiac G6, Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Vibe, Pontiac Bonneville, Pontiac Montana SV6, Pontiac Aztek and Pontiac Montana. The sporty, aggressive but youthful impact of Pontiac vehicles made them appeal to younger car enthusiasts. But it would not be able to catch the attention of car lovers if not for the car components comprising it. No matter how big or small, every component attached to your Pontiac complements the performance and feature of your car. They are highly engineered so you would be able to achieve the durability and efficiency in ride handling.

The Pontiac door is among the most important aspects of your car. This car component is basically an opening that enables you to get inside and outside of your car easily. Although important, car doors are the most often neglected and abused part of your car. This may be one of the simplest car parts, but it ensures your safety and protection. Just think of your Pontiac without a door. Even if you have the most technologically advanced and high performance parts, your Pontiac would be incomplete without a car door. Do you know that in the United States alone, forty-two thousand accidents resulted from defective car door locks and hinges? With this figure, don’t you think that you should not take your car doors for granted? For this reason, your Pontiac vehicle has adapted the regulations and standards of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regarding car doors. To be able to make your driving safe, you must employ constant repairs and inspection of your Pontiac car door for possible cracks, dings, and defects.

Your Pontiac door is made up of several parts which include the door handle, door glass, door panel, door frame, window channel, door skin and door switch. The door handle is used to lift up the locking mechanism present in your car door so that you can get in or out of your car. The door glass or window glass is a car door part that can be raised or lowered. The door switch, on the other hand activates all the other spurs and gears installed on your car door assembly. The inner door panel is attached to the door frame. The door skin is attached outside the window channel and the door frame. And lastly, the window channel is where the door glass is mounted. There are also two types of car doors: the manual car doors and the electric or automated car doors. Automated car doors are electrically controlled with a motor that is hidden within the lower corner or rearward corner of your door. If you want to upgrade your car door, just go to your favorite car parts dealer and get some car door add-ons.



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