Hunter Highlights Vol. 113

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Hunter Engineering teamed up recently to share some important resources and information with the tiremaker’s field service managers. While hosting twenty-two Goodyear field service managers at Hunter’s Hudson, Ohio training center, Hunter Cleveland Regional Manager Frank Ponte and Hunter Product Manager Dave Scribner presented a wheel vibration management seminar specific to Goodyear’s tire service requirements.

The program included a resource guidebook that borrowed from Hunter’s highly successful Rolling Smooth wheel vibration management program. It provided materials ranging from OE technical service bulletins to Hunter product and accessory information. Proper technician training was also emphasized along with reviews and demonstrations of the advanced capabilities of Hunter wheel service technology.

The Hunter L434GS Lift Rack integrates many of the best Hunter four-post alignment rack features into a general service lift rack design. This combination offers a robust and efficient platform for performing non-alignment service for a wide range of vehicles. The L434GS is a customized version of the Hunter L424 Four-Post Lift. It was developed especially to meet the general service needs of Sears Automotive Group and is now available to all Hunter customers. The L434GS features a 12,000-lb. lifting capacity, quick 45-second raise and lower times, a 180-inch wheelbase capacity and wide 22 1/2-inch runways to accommodate small cars as well as wide trucks and SUVs. Options include 6,000-lb. capacity swing air jacks (ideal for brake work or tire rotation) or a 30-gallon rolling oil drain pan for fast and efficient oil, filter and fluid service.

Undercar Digest publishes an annual issue inviting readers to choose the Top 10 Tools from its list of new tools and equipment. This year the readers selected Hunter’s new OCL400 On Car Brake Lathe.

The winners were announced at Showpower 2005, the annual undercar exposition organized by Undercar Digest publishers, MD Publications.

The OCL400 is designed to increase production and reduce comebacks. Its unique ServoDrive® system allows variation of the spindle speed and rotational torque during compensation and machining. The lathe’s Anti-Chatter Technology (ACT) feature oscillates machining speed to virtually eliminate vibration buildup (chatter) during rotor machining.