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ANNUAL FUNDRAISER AND CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
OTDA AGM N OTICE
AUTOMOTIVE TIRE SERVICE TRAINING
COMMERCIAL TIRE SERVICE TRAINING
TPPMMSS TT RAINING
TORQUE CHARTS AND LIFT GUIDES
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President’s Message
information, ideas and technical industry and representatives of the knowledge throughout the mem - controlling bodies is a great place bership of the association to begin when developing your health & safety program To act as lobbyists on behalf of the tire and automotive industry in General insurance and group areas such as, responsible envi - benefit programs specifically ronmental programs and price dis - designed with the unique require - parity ments of tire and automotive, commercial, wholesale and retail To promote continuous dealers in mind improvement of practices and pro - cedures designed to improve the Visa, Mastercard and quality and standards of the tire American Express programs industry through Moneris
A short list of a few of the benefits Special rates on TIA member - of Membership in OTDA includes: ship, vehicle rentals and uniforms We just can’t say it too often ... Representation at the board Quarterly newsletter TRENDS, “Membership in OTDA does not table of Ontario Tire Stewardship Annual Whoo’s Whoo member - cost, it pays” ship listing + Conferences and Representation at (WSPS) Trade Shows As an association our goals and Workplace Safety & Prevention objectives are many, a few of Services An informative industry specif - which are outlined below: ic web site at www.otda.com To promote cooperation (ATS) Automotive Tire Service between members and people in Training, presented by profession - Charity Fundraising through local, provincial and national regu - al trainers provided by (TIA) - Tire our Annual Fundraiser and Charity lating bodies concerning issues Industry Association Golf Classic – $235,000.00 + affecting the tire industry Donated to Charity on behalf of (CTS) Commercial Tire our Members To raise the profile of our mem - Service Training, presented by bers in their communities and professional trainers provided by And many, many more... throughout the Province of Ontario (TIA) - Tire Industry Association through participation in a variety of Good Health, Good Luck and provincial and community based (ATI) Automotive Management Good Selling in the Spring Selling activities Training, presented by profession - Season! al trainers provided by (ATI) - To be an industry leader in the Automotive Training Institute Glenn Warnica promotion of training, education President and health and safety initiatives Health & Safety Manual Ontario Tire Dealers Association (Starter Kit) and WHMIS training To encourage the exchange of designed by members of the tire
3 TRENDS Tire Industry News If you have a Website.... Send it to us and we will link it to our Website!!! Please take note to use the correct current address as listed below!
Administrative Office Billing Office Printer 22 John Street Suite 3-148, 3350 Fairview St., Nethercott Press/Busy Beaver Printing Box 516 Burlington, Ontario L7N 3L5 595 Henry Street Drayton, ON N0G 1P0 Canada Woodstock, Ontario N4S 1X8 Canada Canada Phone: 888-207-9059 Phone: 519-537-3082 Fax: 866-375-6832 Fax: 519-537-7253 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] web: www.otda.com
Index AdvertIsers 1 Cover - Coming Events 2 Myers Tire Supply (Canada) Inc. 3 President's Message 5 OK Tire Stores Inc. 4 Member’s Page 7 Counteract Balancing Beads 6 Directors Page 9 Westlake 8 Announcements 11 Hunter Engineering 10 Treadlines 13 Prema Products 12 AGM Notice 14 Liberty Tire Recycling Canada 15 Annual Fundraiser & Charity Golf Classic 16 Goodride 17 22.8 Million Dollar Tire Repair 19 Carlisle Canada 18 ATS Training 20 Formula Distributors 21 TPMS Relearn Chart Information 23 tiresupplier.com 22 TPMS Relearn Chart Order Form 24 Odessa 25 TPMS Seminar - Matt White 27 M & R Tire Products 26 CTS Training 29 Westlake 28 Member Profile - Kinfarm Turns 25 30 Ingersoll Rand 31 Bill 168 Workbook Update 33 Westlake 32 Eight Steps to Reducing WSIB Premiums 34 Manley Tire 35 TDAC 37 Eco Tire Recovery 36 Always Install Best to Back 38 Tech International 39 Page 36 continued 40 AME International 41 OTDA Winter Conference 43 PBL Insurance 42 News 43 Veritch MFG & Wholesale Inc. 44 TIAE 44 Cottingham Tire 46 Torque Charts & Lift Guides 45 Emterra 45 Travel Only 47 Federated Insurance 48 Hofmann Balancing Techniques
4 5 “Y ouR STRENgTh iS iN ouR NuMbERS ” The OTDA is recognized by industry and government as the representative body of the Independent Tire Dealers of Ontario.
WELCOME NEW MEMBER’S TO OTDA! New Member City Icon Tire Company International ...... Waterloo, ON LugNutz ...... Cambridge, ON 7 & 25 Tire ...... Picton, ON Dial A Tire Ontario ...... Kitchener, ON
OTDA DIRECTORS
Glenn Warnica . . . . .President ...... Bast Tire Don Frisby ...... Vice-President ...... Frisby Tire Co. (1974) Limited Ron Spiewak ...... Secretary Treasurer ...... Northhumberland Tire Sales Bruce Barnim ...... Director Industry & Government Relations . . . . .Al’s Tire Service Richard Bender ...... Director Membership Development ...... Tire Discounter Group Eric Gilbert ...... Director at Large ...... Ericway Tire Paul Hyatt ...... Senior Consultant ...... Superior Tire & Auto Mike McClory ...... Director Marketing & Promotion ...... Remco Tire Distributors Rejean Murray ...... Director Member Benefits ...... O.K. Tire Service (Val-Rita) Dwight Rose ...... Director Health & Safety, Education, Training . . .O.K. Tire Store (Brantford) Ron Waites ...... Senior Consultant ...... O.T.D.A. Paul Marshall ...... Director ...... Enns Battery & Tire Harold Boake ...... Director ...... Steelcase Tires Alexa Labrecque . . . . .Director ...... Action Tire Bob Bignell ...... Executive Director ...... Veritech Mfg. & Wholesale Inc.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS Tire Dealers Association of Canada National Conference and Trade Show Quebec City, February 8 - 9, 2012
6 7 Roy Brian Miller (Died February 28, 2011)
The Tire Dealers Association of Canada and Miller, Roy Brian- Age 61, of Porters Lake, passed away peacefully sur - Imperial Oil are pleased to offer the Esso rounded by his loving family on February 28, 2011, after a hard fought Business Card Program to all Tire Dealer battle with cancer. Brian was born in Saint John, NB on November 14, 1949. Brian and his father, Roy, started Miller Tire in a small garage on Association members. Windsor Street in Halifax in 1978 and his determination and work ethic helped to shape the business into a present day Maritime success story. Each member may enjoy: Brian built lasting relationships throughout the Maritimes as a respon - sible corporate citizen, Volunteer Fire Fighter of 25 years, Mason, R A 3.0 cent per litre discount off the retail posted pump Shrine Clown, past-Master of Acadian Lodge, founding member and past President of the Dartmouth District Shrine Club, and on January price for gas or diesel purchased in Canada at any 15, 2011, he was proudly sworn in as Potentate of the Philae Shriners Esso-branded service station. The discount is for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; an organization that has deducted on your monthly invoice. assisted in providing care for thousands of sick children for over 100 years. Brian continued to be active as a business owner and as a vol - R Esso has the largest retail network across Canada with unteer throughout his illness, spending his final days working and approximately 2000 locations to serve you; always in the company of friends. Brian will be most remembered for his sense of humour, generosity, and kindness. R The largest car wash network in Canada with over 600 Esso-branded locations;
R Cards restricted to fuel, oil, top-up fluids and car wash;
R No annual card fees; no monthly minimums
R Personalized identification may be printed on each card and the invoice;
R On-line Account Management: Fleet account Mr. Mike Davenport of Shelburne, Ontario maintenance 24/7 Being Selected the Grand Prize Winner of a New Pontiac
TM G6 Special Edition. R Speedpass - the fastest way for your vehicles to fuel Mike entered his ballot at Auto Centre Dufferin Tire up and go at Esso; Discounter in Shelburne. Mike’s name was drawn from over 4,000 entries R Esso Extra or Aeroplan Miles – details at received from across Ontario during Tire Discounter’s Esso-Branded service stations; 2010 “Win-Me” contest which concluded Dec. 10th. A TM TM presentation to hand over the keys to Mike will be held at R Tiger Express and On the Run locations throughout 10:30 on Thursday December 23rd the The Auto Centre Canada with services on site such as Tim Hortons, Dufferin Tire Disounter, 4710 Industrial Road in Royal Bank cash machines and car washes. Shelburne. Tire Discounter Group would like to thank everyone who participated in the “Win-Me” Contest. To apply, simply complete the attached Esso Business Tire Disounter Group is comprised of 26 independently Card application and return it to the program coordinator operated branded locations throughout northern and cen - listed below. Please ensure the application(s) are com - tral Ontario. pleted in full to assist in the processing. Tire Discounter operates dristribution centres in Orangeville, Barrie and Hamilton and supplies tires to Dan Vitale over 600 wholesale customer’s daily. Esso Fleet Services 3545- 32nd Ave. N.E. Suite 318 Calgary, AB T1Y 6M6 At the Western Canada Tire (403)455-7091 Voice Dealers Association AGM held (403)455-7092 Fax at their trade show and confer - (888)817-0590 Toll-free Voice ence in Victoria BC, Ken Essex (888)817-0591 Toll-free Fax (left) of Sturgeon Tire, e-mail: [email protected] Winnipeg was elected TM Trademarks of Exxon Mobil Corporation or one of its President. Paul Newton subsidiaries. Used under license. (Saskatoon Wholesale) passes the gavel to the new President. 8
Treadlines Tirecraft associate program gains stration system based on the EWI February 11, 2010 Tire Business momentum process. To assist, the Northern Ontario EDMONTON, Alberta March 3, 2010 Modern Tire Dealer - Heritage Fund Corporation announced In the land of ice hockey fanatics, Tirecraft Canada reports that more than in December it is investing CA$2 million Integra Tire dealers in Western Canada 20 independent tire dealerships and assist in the construction of a test plant. have a vested interest in following garages have joined its associate store Canada’s Olympic women’s ice hockey program, which relaunched 12 to 15 Once environmental approvals are team at the 2010 Olympic Winter months ago, "depending on the region," gained, funding for this project will be Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, according to Tirecraft officials. provided under the NOHFC Enterprises but they most likely will be cheering on North Job Creation Program, a scheme one teammate in particular. Goodyear Canada Offers 'Get There' that invests in private sector projects Awards that hold the potential to benefit The EU has agreed that all new tyres News: North American Ontario. "Supporting new technologies sold in Europe from November 1, 2012 Goodyear has enlisted three-time and creating green jobs is the right onwards must be classified and olympian and five-time world champion thing to do for our economy and our labelled according to their fuel efficien - ice hockey star Sami Jo Small to help environment,” commented Ontario cy, wet grip and noise performance. identify Canadians who help future ath - Premier, Dalton McGuinty. “Projects like letes achieve their dreams by driving to this one put Ontario at the cutting edge The tyre label will take on the shape practices, games and competitions. of green tech, while ensuring that used and form of the European energy label New Board of Directors for AIA Canada tires are managed in an environmental - and employ classes ranging from best Members of the Automotive Industries ly responsible way." performance (green ‘A’ class) to worst Association of Canada attending the (red ‘G’ class). Besides indicating how 69th AIA Annual General Meeting held The EWI process uses microwaves in a much a tyre affects a car’s fuel efficien - in Toronto elected a new slate of nitrogen chamber to break tires down cy, the label will also give information Directors proposed by the AIA into the same components as achieved about its performance in wet conditions Nominating Committee. by pyrolysis – oil, steel and carbon and its external rolling noise in deci - black – yet it is said to accomplish this bels. Goodyear offering Olympic Games at a far lower temperature (between aerial coverage 250˚C and 300˚C). The pilot plant will Daily News Wednesday, February AKRON (Feb. 18, 2010) — As it does have the capacity to handle approxi - 10, 2010 AutoService World for many sporting events the world mately 900 scrap tires per day. Once Tyre Tripling Without the Muscle over, Goodyear is providing TV viewers the process is proven, Ellsin plans to Tyre tripling, inserting two used tyres with aerial coverage of the winter build plants with the capacity to process inside another one, has been increas - Olympic Games from Vancouver, 6,000 to 7,000 tires a day in a number ingly adopted as a method of saving British Columbia—but its blimps are of countries. space and achieving transportation absent due to the mountainous terrain. cost savings. To give a real life exam - Ellsin’s business plan involves the com - ple, up to around 1,600 tyres can nor - Modern Tire Dealer pany’s establishment as a tire proces - mally be fitted into a standard contain - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has sor under Canada’s Ministry of the er. Up to 3,500 “tripled” tyres can be fit named Curt Andersson president of its Environment guidelines utilising the in the same space. According to Arne North American Tire business unit. EWI technology, the construction of a Blaes, the proprietor of a company Andersson currently serves as presi - new building, the establishment of a which manufactures tripling machinery, dent of Cooper Crouse-Hinds in carbon manufacturing operation and the process was invented by Africans Syracuse, N.Y. He will assume his new the development of an alternative ener - who in most cases carried out the position Feb. 16. gy facility. This system, says Ellsin, will strenuous tripling process by hand. generate its own electrical power Canadian firm Ellsin Environmental through the use of ultra-clean micro-tur - Toyo Tire Canada names Hirao Ltd. bines which, after providing the neces - president is receiving government support in its sary electrical power directly to the pro - RICHMOND, British Columbia (Jan. implementation of technology that will totype pilot recycling machine, could 11, 2011) enable scrap tires to be converted into then feed the remaining electrical ener - Toyo Tire Canada Inc. has named Shoji usable by-products by means of a gy production into the power grid. Hirao president, succeeding Shingo microwave process. Matsuoka, who will become general WATERLOO, Ontario (Feb. 9, 2010) manager, Toyo Tire overseas sales The patented reverse polymerization Tire Business department No. 1, supervising the technology was developed over a peri - A start-up company that plans to devul - North American market from Toyo’s od of more than 15 years by another canize recycled tire rubber has head office in Tokyo Canadian company, Environmental received $750,000 in financing from Waste International (EWI), and Ellsin First Leaside Visions II Limited has contracted EWI to build a demon - Partnership, a venture capital firm. continued on page 42 10 11
22 John Street, Box 516, Drayton, ON N0G 1P0 519-888-207-9059
Take Notice that a general meeting of the members of Ontario Tire Dealers Association will be held at: Four Points by Sheraton 35 Laurier Street, Gatineau, Quebec J8X 4E9 on Tuesday June 14 at 5:00 p.m. for the following purposes.
a) Hearing the reports and statements , to be read and laid before the members at the annual meeting b) The election of Directors c) Appointing the accountant and fixing, or authorizing the Board to fix, their remuneration
Dated at Drayton, Ontario this 26thth day of March, 2011.
Robert Bignell, Executive Director
The following Directors have completed their term and are eligible for re-election: Glenn Warnica, Don Frisby, Ron Spiewak, Dwight Rose, Richard Bender, Mike McClory, Bruce Barnim, Eric Gilbert, Rejean Murray, Ron Waites, Paul Hyatt, Paul Marshall, Harold Boake and Alexa Labrecque.
A Member of the Association seeking election as a Director shall forward a signed Notice of Intent to Seek Election form to the Head Office of the OTDA, to be received by the Executive Director of the OTDA at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the annual meeting.
As a Dealer Member of the OTDA you are entitled to vote either in person, or by proxy, at any annual or special meeting of the Corporation. If you are unable to attend, please return your proxy to the Executive Director at 22 John Street, Box 516,, Drayton, Ontario, N0G 1P0 or by fax or email.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SEEK ELECTION
I, ______of ______
Ontario, am a Member of the Association and am eligible to become a Director, and hereby give notice of my intention to seek election for a two-year term, to the board of Directors of Ontario Tire Dealers Association, at the next annual general meeting.
Dated at ______this ______day of ______, 2010
______Signature
PROXY FORM
I HEREBY AUTHORIZE______
to be my proxy at the September 16, 2010 general meeting of Ontario Tire Dealers Association.
______Name (Pease print) Signature
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Ontario Tire Dealers Association Annual Fundraiser & Charity Golf Classic News Flash:Hunter Engineering Company generously donates a “State of the Art Tire Changer” for auction (4) years in a row
Wednesday June 15, 2011 Edelweiss Golf & Country Club 465 Chemin Edelweiss Wakefield, Quebec Pro Shop (819) 459-2331 www.golfedelweiss.com
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Registration/Lunch: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Golf: (New Time) 12:30 PM Shotgun Price: $195.00 per person (18 holes of the Edelweiss Golf Experience, Cart, BBQ Lunch, Evening Banquet, Prizes, Donation)
Cheques made payable to: OTDA Annual Fundraiser & Charity Golf Classic
Golf Chair: Don Frisby P: (613) 224.2374 F: (613) 224.3782 C: (613) 866.6992 E: [email protected] Frisby Tire Co. 1377 Clyde Avenue Ottawa, ON K2G 3H7 Golf Committee: Don Frisby, Bob Bignell
Name Company Phone Fax Amount
Special Requests: This foursome to play together Yes No
Pair me with: 1. ______2.______3.______
If there are no special requests then players will be divided up in groups of 2 suppliers with 2 dealers
Please Note: Only players registered and paid in full will be scheduled. Please limit guests. Maximum 144 players
Dinner Only $60 per Guest, # of Guests: ______Total Amount:
15 16 Faulty Tire Repair Brings $22.8 Million Court Award
young sons, who were the plaintiffs in the award will be front and center for the jury. lawsuit. It opens the floodgates and sets a new bar In addition to the jury verdict, the Barber for these types of accidents. The risks estate received another $8.3 million set - associated with tire service are high tlement with other defendants. enough to begin with thanks to the Ford/Firestone recalls and this case just The list of defendants included car dealer makes it worse. If this trend continues, the Mossy Ford, which performed the tire cost of insurance will make it nearly repair in August 2005. Plaintiffs’ counsel impossible for most retailers to survive.” was able to show that Mossy Ford improp - A bad tire repair and a lack of proper erly failed to take the tire out of service As a condition of the settlement, Mossy repair training led to a record $22.8 mil - and that this conduct caused the tire tread Ford agreed to immediately begin to fol - lion award to the estates of a couple killed separation and led to the fatal rollover low industry guidelines regarding tire when a tire repair failure caused a rollover accident. repair practices and to implement a train - accident. ing program to better train its technicians The Jan. 11 jury verdict in a San Diego While the type of repair performed is not about safe tire repair practices to improve County Superior Court awarded known, TIAs Kevin Rohlwing suggests that consumer safety. $14,465,864 to the estate of Casey and this case will be quite important to the tire Melanie Barber, who were killed in a July industry and anyone who handles tires. Plaintiffs’ counsel Robert Buccola said, 2006 accident. The accident was caused "Our goal was more than just obtaining a by a failed tire repair, and caused the “I believe this becomes the baseline for all monetary recovery. Here, we were able to Barber’s Ford E350 Sportsmobile van to future repair lawsuits,” said Rohlwing, evoke real change and get the word out to crash on Highway 98 near Page, Ariz. TIA’s senior vice president of training. other tire repair facilities of the impor - “Everytime a repaired tire fails and some - tance of following tire repair rules to a The San Diego couple sustained fatal one is injured or killed, that $22 million tee." injuries, and are survived by their three
ership should not have tried to repair it. Jury awards $14.4 Messages left at Mossy Ford and with million in a Los Angeles-based lawyer who rep - resented the business in court were not wrongful-death returned Tuesday night. According to an obituary that the cou - lawsuit ple’s family placed in The San Diego JANUARY 11, 2011 SAN DIEGO Union-Tribune, the couple’s three sons The three young sons of a San Diego were ages 8, 5 and 3 at the time of the At Tirecraft Ontario Annual General couple who were killed in a 2006 vehi - accident. cle accident in Arizona were awarded Casey Barber, 40, was a graduate of Meeting, Lorne Koch from the Clinton $14.4 million Tuesday by a San Diego the University of San Diego. He was a and Exeter locations was given the first Superior Court jury in a wrongful-death master carpenter and member of the Tirecraft Humanitarian of the year award. verdict against a San Diego car dealer - Set Builders Union, and was involved Lorne selflessly went above and beyond ship, their attorneys said. in theater arts and production, stage in terms of helping to improve the lives of managing and lighting techniques. Casey and Melanie Barber’s children others. Lorne exemplified the qualities of Melanie Barber, 40, received a basket - were plaintiffs in the lawsuit against compassion and humanitarianism Mossy Ford, attorney Adam Shea said ball scholarship to the University of California Riverside and later played through unusual understanding and in a statement. empathy. Barber was driving his Ford E350 professional club volleyball in Sportsmobile van on Highway 98 near Switzerland. Both were survived by Lorne made it clear after receiving the Page, Ariz., on July 31, 2006, when a their parents. tire-tread separation caused him to Shea said that before the trial an $8.3 award that he did not make it his mission lose control of the vehicle, which rolled. million settlement was reached with in 2010 to make significant contributions Shea said he and attorney Robert other defendants who did work on the to both The Canadian Breast Cancer Buccola argued in court that Mossy van. He declined to name those defen - Foundation Ontario and the Haitian com - Ford performed a faulty tire repair that dants, citing a confidentiality agree - munity to be recognized, which Tirecraft ment. led to the accident. Shea said the dam - knew. Tirecraft did however want to rec - age to the tire was such that the deal - ognize Lorne for his honorable leader - ship in the industry. 17
OTDA / TIA AUTOMOTIVE TIRE SERVICE (ATS) INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION
OTDA will offer the TIA certification courses Automotive Tire Service (ATS) Tuesday September 13 – Thursday September 15, 2011 at the Hofmann training facility in Mississauga Ontario.
ATS Course Outline – Includes new in-depth TPMS Instruction Instructor Certification – this is a two and a half day course and those that successfully complete are TIA Certified as Instructors, and are qualified to go back to their place of business and hold TIA Technician Certification Courses. This is considered a Train-the-Trainer course. Each student who successfully passes the 100-question exam receives a TIA Certified Instructor Certificate and 13 Certified Instructor uniform patches. TIA Certification is good for two years, at which time Instructors are required to take a 60-question exam available via the internet. The course will run from Tuesday September 13 starting at 8:00 am, concluding on Thursday September 15 at 12:00. The cost is $495.00 per student.
ATS Certification Curriculum
• Basic principles of tire construction, sizing and sidewall information. • Vehicle lifting procedures using above-ground and portable equipment. • Tire and wheel assembly removal and installation including rotation patterns. • Wheel fastener torque procedures and guidelines. • Step-by-step demount and mount procedures using a center-post and rim-clamp tire changing machine. • Tire and wheel assembly balancing procedures. • Diagnosing tire and wheel problems. • Step-by-step procedures for installing one-piece and two-piece nail hole repair units. • Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems • Rubber Manufacturers Association passenger and light truck tire service guidelines and information bulletins. • Automotive Lift Institute Lift Point Guide and lift inspection guidelines. • Tire and Rim Association load and inflation tables and tire dimension charts.
For registration call or email [email protected]. 888-207-9095 or Fax Back to 866-375-6832
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TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING TECHNICIAN TRAINING SEMIMAR
Tire Industry Association’s Matt White will present a Tire attention is given to the step-by-step Pressure Monitoring System Seminar at the Hofmann procedures for handling these assemblies. The facility in Mississauga in September. Program also covers recalibration guidelines for many popular models relearn summaries TIA’s TPMS Training Program is designed to provide and installation torque values for valve stem technicians with a basic understanding of how different sensors. types of systems interact with the vehicle. It also includes the various types of service that techs will Member Cost: $95.00 per student + HST need to perform in order to maintain the system. Since most TPMS utilize a valve stem sensor Course runs from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm and many include run-flat tires, special Tuesday September 13, 2011
Sign up for one today. Space is limited
The new TPMS Relearn covers multiple aspects of TPMS service including when the relearn procedure is necessary (i.e. after pressure adjustment, tire rotation, or replacement), the part numbers for sensors and seal kits from the OEM, Schrader, Dill and Continental/Siemens, torque specs for the hex nuts, torx bolts and banded sensors, as well as the lug nut torque for all makes and models up to 2008. But the highlight of the chart is the comprehensive list of relearn summaries for all makes and models, foreign and domestic.
For registration call or email [email protected]. 888-207-9095 or Fax Back to 866-375-6832
Contact: ______email: ______
Company: ______Phone: ______Fax: ______
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OTDAOTDA / /TIA TIA COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL TIRE TIRE SERVICE SERVICE (CTS) (CTS) INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATION & & OntarioOntario Provincial Provincial (CVWS) (CVWS) Commercial Commercial Vehicle Vehicle Wheel Wheel Service Service Instructor Instructor Training Training ThreeThree day day Instructors Instructors Course Course OTDAOTDA will will offer offer the the TIA TIA certification certification courses courses Commercial Commercial Tire Tire Service Service (CTS) (CTS) for for instructors instructors Sept Sept 26 26 - -28 28, ,2011 2011 at at the the HoffmanHoffman training training facility facility at at 6500 6500 Millcreek Millcreek Drive, Drive, Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario. Ontario. The The course course will will run run from from 8:00 8:00 am am to to 5:30 5:30 pmpm Tuesday Tuesday to to Thursday. Thursday. Cost Cost is is $595.00 $595.00 plus plus HST HST
ThisThis Instructors Instructors course course includes includes certification certification for for the the new new Ontario Ontario Commercial Commercial Vehicle Vehicle Wheel Wheel Service Service program. program. StudentsStudents will will receive receive training training material material necessary necessary to to conduct conduct the the CVWS CVWS course. course.
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farm property. Recognizing that there is strength in numbers they joined OK Tire Stores in September of 1997. November of 2000 Larry entered local politics and was elected to The Municipality of Kincardine Council as Mayor. The following year Adam bought a 30% share in Kinfarm Tire Ltd. and became General Manager with responsibility for daily operations. Larry retained the job as President. Larry was unsuccessful in his re-election bid in November 2003, however he continued to serve his community by becoming First Vice-President of the Kincardine and District Chamber Bonnie and Larry Kraemer where married in July of Commerce, then served two years as President. 1976. A year later they bought a farm and started a During that time Kinfarm Tire continued to grow. The dairy operation. The incredibly high interest rates of company acquired more land on highway 9 in 2003 the early 1980’s increased the debt load to a point and in 2004 greatly expanded it’s business by building where they could no longer carry it. In 1985 they a new service shop and converting the existing build - decided that the only solution was to liquidate the dairy ing into on site warehousing. As part of the expansion herd and quota and pursue another business. Kinfarm entered the under-the-vehicle mechanical Originally they were interested in a farm supply busi - business in 2005 with state of the art Hunter Optical ness, something like a TSC store, which would also Alignment equipment, Hunter GSP 9700 Match Mount sell tires and wheels. When they conducted their and Wheel Balancing as well as Brake and research they soon learned that a full service tire busi - Suspension Service. ness was much more appealing and provided greater long term opportunity in their circumstance. Kinfarm Larry was elected as Mayor once more in 2006 and Tire was founded March 1, 1986. The name was cho - again in 2010. Adam continues as GM and Bonnie is sen because it started in a building they owned on still responsible for advertising & finance as the com - their farm in Kincardine Township. From the beginning panies CFO. they served all sectors of the tire business. The fol - lowing year a property became available on highway #9 in Bervie which the Kraemers acquired. They moved the business August of that year. Bonnie and Larry’s three sons Jason, Adam and Conor grew up in the tire business, each starting with various odd jobs and working after school to earn spending money, along the way gaining a strong work ethic.
As the business grew and evolved they recognized the need for them to encourage a continuing learning envi - ronment. To that end they took college courses in accounting, computer skills and business manage - ment. Kinfarm joined the Ontario Tire Dealers Association and participated in their training and con - ferences. Kinfarm Tire earned three of the very first Left to right are:Mike Hales of Toyo Tire Canada, Adam Tire Wheel and Rim Certificates awarded in the Kraemer, Larry Kraemer, Bonnie Kraemer owners of Province of Ontario. Larry &Adam Kraemer still Kinfarm Tire Ltd, and Ming Chan from Bridgestone proudly display theirs in their business. They also we Canada. still sign up staff as apprentices.
In 1994 Kinfarm expanded thier warehouse and office capacity by building a 5000 sq ft warehouse on the
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Electronic Stability Control and the Role of Tires By Skip Scherer December 14, 2010 Electronic stability control - ESC - introduced ment, and at any speed. For example, braking a front wheel on the in 1995 and touted as the second most impor - In general, ESC systems monitor a vehicle’s outside of a skid would counter oversteer, tant advancement in auto safety after seat stability 25 times per second to detect immi - while braking an inner rear wheel would count - belts, will finally be standard equipment on all nent skidding. It uses sensor signals that com - er understeer. Some systems combine select passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. starting in pare the intended direction in which the driver braking with reduced engine power to help 2012. wants the vehicle to move with the vehicle’s regain control of a vehicle. When a loss of steering control is detected, actual direction. If there is a discrepancy, the The corrections happen so quickly that with - ESC automatically - and in the blink of an eye - system makes adjustments to help prevent out a dashboard warning light, the driver might uses the vehicle's braking system to correct its skidding and keep the vehicle on its planned not know the vehicle’s on-board controls just path, literally steering the vehicle back on path. helped avoid a potentially serious accident and course. During normal driving, ESC works in the injuries. ESC is supposed to help drivers maintain safe background and continuously monitors steer - A Look Back control of their vehicles and prevent accidents. ing and vehicle direction. The driver’s inten - The Bosch Group is credited with introducing But it will be the tires that determine the tions are determined through the measured one of the first ESC systems 15 years ago in effectiveness of ESC for every vehicle. steering wheel angle. The actual direction is Europe. Based in Germany, Bosch has more Simply put, ESC is on-board computer tech - determined by measured lateral acceleration, than 300 subsidiaries in more than 60 coun - nology that helps improve a vehicle’s steadi - yaw or vehicle rotation, and each wheel’s road tries and is considered the world’s largest sup - ness on the highway by detecting and minimiz - speed. plier of automobile components. ing skids and maintaining steering control. It When a loss of steering control is detected, Marketed as Bosch ESP for “electronic stabil - works whether a vehicle is braking, accelerat - ESC automatically – and in the blink of an eye – ity program,” the technology grew from the ing or coasting by detecting understeer from uses the vehicle’s braking system to correct its company’s 1983 commitment to optimize its front-end slides, oversteer from rear-end path, literally steering the vehicle back on fledgling antilock braking system to improve slides, and hydroplaning. It performs in any course. Braking is automatically applied to indi - vehicle stability during full braking. Bosch filed driving condition, such as dry, wet or icy pave - vidual wheels. its basic patent application for ABS in 1987. continued on page 39 32 33
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When installing two new tires, out ones.” always place them on the rear axle and At this point, a critical assumption move the older tires to the front. This could be made and a dangerous sit - applies to front-, rear-, four- and all- uation created. have to lose some road grip, it’s better wheel drive vehicles. Common sense, along with past to lose it up front, rather than in the When it’s time to replace only two tires practices, might lead a customer to back. on passenger vehicles, logic should demand – and a tire technician to con - Tennent explained why understeer is take a back seat to physics – or in this clude – that a new pair of tires should the safer handling dynamic for the per - case, a rear axle. be mounted on the front axle of the son behind the wheel. “If a driver gets Typically, vehicles are shod with four vehicle. After all, the front tires wore into trouble on the road, the first thing similarly designed and constructed out first, and there’s still a lot of rubber he or she does is lift a foot off the gas tires of the same size on the front and on the remaining ones that had been and possibly hit the brakes,” he said. back. The tread depth of each starts on the rear. The logic seems reason - “When this occurs, the vehicle’s center out equal, and inflation pressure able, maybe even infallible. Put the of gravity swings forward, puts most of matches specifications posted on a greatest tread where the powertrain is the load on the front axle and lightens vehicle’s information placard label and driving the vehicle, and if luck holds the rear axle. The load transfer literal - owner’s manual. out, the front and rear tires will wear ly presses the front tires to the ground However, the equality usually disap - out simultaneously the next time and assists in maintaining front trac - pears as interaction between vehicle around. tion.” and road takes its toll on the tires. Setting the Record Straight He said if the front tires have the Wear is commonly more pronounced In reality, the exact opposite needs least amount of tread depth, the trans - on the front tires of front-wheel-drive to take place, according to Ron fer of the vehicle load to the front still vehicles, compared to the tires follow - Margadonna, senior technical market - occurs, assisting the driver in steering ing behind. Accelera-tion, braking, ing manager for Michelin North and maintaining some control of the steering and engine weight combine to America. “The two new tires should vehicle. At the same time, the rear scrub off the rubber more quickly up always be placed on the rear axle and tires’ deeper tread depths help them front. the older tires moved to the front.” evacuate water on the road’s surface Regular tire rotation is designed to The reasoning has been proven on and retain proper tracking behind the be the grand equalizer that helps test tracks and in labs. It’s all about front tires. “The vehicle may under - maintain similar tread depths on the oversteering, understeering and the steer, but it can be controlled in most front and rear tires. However, it’s no physics of a vehicle’s center of gravity. cases with additional maneuvering and longer unusual to have customers pass While the explanation requires an braking.” on tire rotations, resulting in the front understanding of hydroplaning, it also If the worn tread is on the rear tires tires wearing out much sooner than applies to a loss of traction caused by and a driver quickly decelerates, the those on the rear, often in half the snow or ice. vehicle’s center of gravity still shifts to time. Hydroplaning crops up when water the front of the vehicle, and the front Other forces might be at play to cre - can’t be channeled through a tire’s tires still maintain traction as the ate unequal wear, so it’s important to tread pattern, and the tire doesn’t newer tread “pumps” away the water. fully understand why only two tires maintain contact with the road. Worn However, the danger lurks behind. The wear out, according to T.J. Tennent, tires will hydroplane more readily than rear worn tires will lose traction and engineering manager for Firestone tires with deeper treads. slide around, causing the driver to lose consumer and government products at A loss of traction on a rear axle caus - control of the vehicle. Bridgestone Americas. “Proper tire es oversteer, which could cause a vehi - Margadonna said the same dynamics maintenance goes beyond regular cle to fishtail and kick into a tailspin. A apply to front-, rear-, four- and all- rotations and includes inflation pres - similar loss of traction on the front axle wheel drive vehicles. “Oversteer from sure, alignment and other factors,” he creates understeer, causing the vehicle the loss of grip on the rear axle can said. “If the four tires don’t wear out at to keep going in a straight line. For the develop whether it’s the drive or free the same time, a tire technician owes driver, it’s easier to compensate for axle,” he said, “and similar behavior it to the customer to discover, report understeer; oversteer usually is much occurs with bias-ply or radial tires.” and hopefully be able to correct the more hazardous. If four tires are properly maintained root cause when replacing the worn- It all adds up to the fact that if you and rotated at the recommended inter - continued on page 39 36 37 38 continued from page 32 Electronic Stability Control and the Role of Tires By Skip Scherer December 14, 2010 ESC and ABS are not the same thing. ABS tionary object. The conclusion: ESC can only work when prevents wheel lockup during braking. Speed A similar study by the Insurance Institute for traction is available. Bald tires render ESC inef - sensors on a vehicle’s wheels detect develop - Highway Safety reported that ESC prevents fective in rain. Hard tire compounds render ESC ing problems and the on-board control unit 56% of fatal single-vehicle crashes and almost almost useless on ice. sends signals that pump brakes rapidly to pre - 80% of fatal single-vehicle rollovers. A tire technician’s role in maintaining a fully- vent individual wheels from locking. The Role of Tires functioning ESC starts with understanding the In the early 1990s, Bosch engineers began In spite of all the high-tech electronics con - technology and educating his or her customers. expanding the company’s ABS technology to trolling a vehicle’s handling capabilities and Informing drivers about proper tire mainte - make it effective in all driving situations, and in stability, its four tires provide the contact nance, as well as using appropriate tires for the 1995 Bosch ESP was put into full production. points on a roadway’s surface that ultimately winter season, ensures that on-board ESC, ABS Earlier this year, Bosch began mass produc - control the amount of slipping and sliding that and Traction Control technology improve the tion of its ninth-generation ESP. A spokesper - can take place. ESC is only as good as the avail - safety of the driver and others. Consistent tire son for the company said Generation 9 is up to able traction. wear is important to ESC’s complex electronics. 30% smaller and lighter than the previous ESP So, what do tire manufacturers consider Conflicting tire diameters and air pressures can edition. Weighing only 3.5 pounds, it is the when designing a tire that taps into ESC’s full fool the sensors. lightest and most compact system on the mar - potential? A spokesperson for one of the three Hunter Engineering warns that tire techni - ket today. The company official compared it to largest tire companies, who asked not to be cians must know if the model of a vehicle that the original 1995 model that weighed 9.5 identified, said there is no special considera - has undergone wheel alignment service pounds. tion given to ESC when tires are being devel - requires its ESC steering angle sensor to be According to its representative, Bosch’s lat - oped. reset. Failure to perform an OEM’s required est-generation design offers cost-effective solu - At first blush, the response may seem sur - SAS reset procedure after an alignment could tions for all vehicle segments, including com - prising. However, tire dealers know that prop - create ESC performance issues. pact cars, premium vehicles and light trucks, erly designed tires provide optimum traction The company recently introduced Hunter and will support U.S. automotive and govern - for specific vehicles. A car’s design, weight, CodeLink, which directly connects the compa - ment initiatives to make active safety systems center of gravity, speed, direction and many ny’s WinAlign tire alignment system to a vehi - standard equipment in every 2012 vehicle other traits, as well as road conditions, add up cle’s on-board diagnostic system, enabling it to model. to its overall balance. The tires contribute to recalibrate the SAS to match a vehicle’s proper The Fall 2011 deadline for all new model the vehicle’s overall stability. alignment angles. CodeLink is touted as replac - introductions was established following pub - Since ESC is safety technology and not a per - ing multiple OE calibration tools and working lished results in 2004 of a study by NHTSA. formance enhancement, it can’t improve on quickly and easily with software using simple, NHTSA concluded that ESC reduces passen - traction attributes already built into a tire. ESC standardized procedures. ger car crashes by 35% and SUV crashes by doesn’t improve the inherent traction of tires, 63%. It also determined that ESC was effective but good tires can maximize the safety maneu - in reducing accidents of single vehicles that ran vers provided by ESC, such as better-controlled off the roadway and rolled over or struck a sta - cornering.
continued from page 36 Tire Review Magazine Always Install Two New Tires on the Rear Axle By Skip Scherer val of 5,000 to 7,000 miles, the differ - Margadonna. between front and rear tires. ence in the tread depth on the front “When two new tires have been No doubt, tires should be replaced in and rear tires is insignificant. However, installed on the rear axle, the recom - sets of four whenever possible, and Tennent cautioned that tread wear dif - mended rotation pattern requires they should be regularly maintained ferences of more than a couple 32nds keeping the tires on the same axle, but following the rotation schedule found of an inch on some all-wheel-drive and rotating them from side-to-side,” he in a vehicle’s manual. Explaining the 4x4 vehicles can cause damage to the said. “This applies after installing two recommended rotation intervals when vehicle’s differential. new tires to the rear position or dis - a tire dealer’s customer is still in the Subsequent Rotations covering significant tread depth differ - store can help build customer confi - It’s important to note that new rota - ences between front and rear positions dence and satisfaction. After the new tion rules apply after two new tires are during the recommended rotation tire purchase, staying in touch with placed on the rear axle, since the front interval.” customers – by phone, e-mail, social tires now will almost always have less He said a normal four-tire rotation media, postcard or mailed coupon – tread than the rear ones. Michelin has pattern can be performed if there is a provides an opportunity to have them a rotation policy for this situation to 2/32-inch or less tread depth variation return for the rotation service. ensure that the deeper-treaded tires across the tread of each individual tire remain on the rear axle, said and the same tread depth variation 39
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41 continued from page 10 Treadlines Boy Killed by Exploding Tire Quebec winter tire law working, Tire Review - January 03, 2011 Transport Ministry says The Quebec provincial legislature voted It was a sad Christmas Day for a Port Tire Business staff report in 2008 to require owners of passenger Hope, Mich., family whose 8-year-old QUEBEC CITY (Feb. 17, 2011) vehicles registered in the province to son was killed by an exploding truck tire Since the Quebec provincial govern - equip their vehicles with approved win - his father was attempting to repair. ment mandated the use of winter tires ter tires—that is, ones bearing the throughout the province two years ago, mountain/snowflake pictogram or cer - According to reports, the boy was with the number of individuals involved in tain studded tires—from Dec. 15 to his father, who was trying to find a leak road accidents during the winter March 15. Offenders are liable to a fine in a mounted medium truck tire, and months has fallen 18 percent, accord - ranging from C$200 to C$300, but no was putting air in the tire while it ing to the Quebec Transport Ministry. demerit points are added to their driving remained on the truck. record. This compares with a 13-percent drop Despite the safety improvements, the The tire exploded, police said, throwing in road accident reports the rest of the Quebec Transport Ministry is urging the boy “several feet and knocking him year, the ministry said, meaning a 5- drivers to continue to be vigilant, mak - unconscious.” The boy was later pro - percentage-point improvement in safe - ing sure their winter tires are in good nounced dead at the hospital, and the ty throughout the winter. That translates condition—tread depth of at least 4.8 man was treated for minor injuries. into 547 fewer individuals becoming mm at the start of winter—and inflated accident vicitims. properly.
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January 21, 2011 - The lanthropist for a grand total Cystinosis Awareness and of $72,334. Research Effort was seeing green on one of the snowiest days "For decades Independent this year thanks to the Ontario Tire Dealers across Ontario a rare disease affecting such a Tire Dealers Association have given back both their time small population, research money (OTDA).Trevor Strauss seen here and money to service clubs, fund is scarce to nonexistent. And yet between Bob Bignell (left), raisings and community" says research on complicated diseases Executive Director, OTDA And Wayne Moser, President, Bast Tire like Cystinosis often lead to Glenn Warnica, President, OTDA Service Ltd. and Past President, advancements in other rare dis - Charity Golf Tournament receives Ontario Tire Dealers Association. eases like Huntington's disease, 2 cheques, both for $36,167. "It has been a pleasure to be Batten disease and Parkinson's counted as part of this generous disease. Thanks to the OTDA over $72000 group of independent business was raised to drive the research men and women for over 35 "It was an amazing day of golf, and awareness efforts of for this years.I look forward to supporting albeit a little wet" says Trevor rare disease which affects only 50 their continued success." Strauss, President, Cystinosis or so children in Canada. The Awareness & Research Effort. OTDA golf tournament in June of Cystinosis is a metabolic disease "We never imagined the gener - 2010 was host to nearly X golfers in which the amino acid cystine, ousity this group of individuals from local tire dealers across gets into the cells but has no would show, we are truly grateful Ontario. This group of men and transporter out causing the cell to and 100% of the funds raised will women raised their clubs and crystallize and die, slowly go to finding a cure." more than $36,000 at this annual destroying the organs in the body golf tournament which was match including the kidneys, liver, eyes, by a local Waterloo, Ontario phi - muscles and the brain. With such
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DURABLE. There are many ways that your association serves you. Involvement with our industry partners is a significant source of influence and information sharing on your behalf. We hold positions of Vice-Chair of Workplace BUILT Safety Prevention Service (Vehicle Sales & Service Advisory Committee), Executive Director and Presidency of Tire Dealers Association of Canada, Advisory Committee for AIA’s Automotive Service Provider Association TO LAST. Council, two seats on the board of Ontario Tire Stewardship, Tire Review Magazine Editorial Advisory Board and Chair of Tire Industry Association Don’t let wet field conditions delay you Executives. this spring. Goodyear Farm Tires offers It is important to be involved in our trade. Just as you rely on us as a con - a full line of radial flotation and rear duit to the industry, we work with other industry partners to maximize our tractor tires to get you through the field and reduce soil compaction. ability to improve our industry. The Tire Industry Association Executives Association is a group of Executive Directors of State and Provincial tire dealer associations repre - senting twenty-four associations across North America. These associations represent first and foremost the grass roots of the industry, that being the members of the regional associations such as OTDA. TIAE meets at least once a year, traditionally at a full day meeting one day prior to the Global Tire Expo in Las Vegas each fall. This meeting is gen - erously sponsored by TIA. Typical agenda items are presentations from prospective Affinity Programs, new legislative initiatives, TIA program updates and any local programs that would be beneficial to share. On occasion, TIAE will hold a Leadership Conference sponsored by TIA. These conferences are of great benefit, particularly to new Executive Directors. State/Provincial Executive Association relations is a TIA A sub-committee of TIA Membership Committee. Each TIA committee has a staff liaison assigned to carry out what is needed. TIAE has a liaison representative that holds a seat on the board of TIA. This position is typically held by a Past-Chair of TIAE. This position is cur -
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