WATCH: Ensure Your Professional Technician Customers Are Doing A Complete Brake Job

WATCH: Ensure Your Professional Technician Customers Are Doing A Complete Brake Job

Counterman Editor Mark Phillips interviews Brake & Front End Editor Andrew Markel on the very important topic of brake hardware.


Brake hardware: It doesn’t seem like much but it makes a big difference in whether a vehicle’s brakes perform well after a brake job. I interview Brake & Front End Editor Andrew Markel on this very important topic.

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