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    • TeeJay Beam

    TeeJay Beam has experience as a tool and die machinist, a body shop technician and a mechanical technican. He served as a teacher of automobile technology for a number of years and continues to write for the industry in various mediums, including ASE study guides.
    Finance

    What Sound Does Opportunity Make?

    TeeJay Beam
    Jan. 1, 2020
    If you can imagine the sound of profitable repairs, listen up. Sound out the services you may be passing up-and passing on to a mechanical repair shop. For many, the first opportunity...
    Operations

    ABS Repair From the Inside Out

    TeeJay Beam
    Jan. 1, 2020
    Working with an Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) in the body shop demands knowledge of the system basics.
    Operations

    Dealing with Defects

    TeeJay Beam
    Jan. 1, 2020
    Despite of our best intentions, paint defects sometimes emerge. The key to successful repairs is the approach used to correct the problems.
    Operations

    One man's GARBAGE is another man's GOLD

    TeeJay Beam
    Jan. 1, 2020
    Ol' Harold calculated roughly as he sat on his overturned wooden milk crate, dual-action orbital sander in hand, staring at this latest project.