Well this is my first blog ever so bear with me! I want to talk about maintenance on your Rubicon Trail rig or Placerville daily driver. Maintenance is important on both types of vehicles and is a crucial part of not braking down. People seem to think that maintenance schedules are made just to make extra money for the dealerships or independent shops like Carnage Off Road Truck & SUV Repair.

This really is not the case at all. It is a way to insure your vehicle components are looked at and replaced before they leave you stranded on the trail or the side of the highway 50! Timing belt intervals are there so you don’t ruin your engine. I’ve seen my fair share of ruined engines due to timing belt failure. Fluids don’t last forever and components wear just like your tires wear which you can see. It is so much more hastle, time and money to brake, get towed, diagnosed and fixed than it is to do some preventative maintenance.

If your on the trail and your worn cv joint or axle joint brakes, it can cause you a whole trip and your buddies are pissed at you. Some shops are not so honest which makes us all look bad, but most shops are very honest and make up for the poor dealerships and shady shops. So if your putting off maintenance because of money or you think it’s not important please reconsider because it is important and you’ll thank me later!

Next week we will talk about shop labor rates and how it’s not always what it sounds like.