With more than 50 components, the Chief Automotive Technologies Structural Holding Package offers many ways to secure a collision-damaged vehicle to a frame rack for repair. In order to show users some of the possibilities, Chief has created a video series hosted by Richard Perry, OEM and strategic account sales manager. The videos can be viewed at www.chiefautomotive.com/Fixture-Holding/Structural-Holding and on Chief’s video library page.
“No matter if you are sectioning or pulling, it is imperative that the vehicle is securely held during the repair,” says Perry. “Supplemental holding points on the frame rack keep the vehicle from moving out of place, and also facilitate the multipoint pulls that may be required to return a vehicle to OEM specifications. Chief’s Structural Holding Package is effective with body-on-frame and unibody vehicles, and our new video series shows how to create holding points for each type.”
Every holding point created with Structural Holding Package components is anchored by a base. The package’s standard base fits into a frame rack’s rectangular deck holes, while the Chief USH Clamp System is available for non-standard decks. From the base, the technician can use an assortment of short and long tubes, turnbuckles, locking wing nut assemblies, mounting plates, clamps and bolts to build a secure connection up to the vehicle.
In the four-part video series, Perry demonstrates how to build a holding point using a vice clamp for frame-based trucks, and also how to create a large horizontal fixture, tall vertical fixture and short vertical fixture for unibody vehicles. The unibody holding points utilize surface plate attachments to connect to the vehicle’s suspension mounting points or upper rails. Each video is less than three minutes long, and shows all the steps needed to properly create the holding point.
To watch the video series or learn more about the Structural Holding Package, visit www.chiefautomotive.com/Fixture-Holding/Structural-Holding. Chief is also active on Twitter, twitter.com/ChiefAutomotive, and Facebook, www.facebook.com/ChiefAutomotive. Additional videos are available at www.chiefautomotive.com/video-library.
About Chief Automotive Technologies
Chief Automotive Technologies, a Vehicle Service Group (VSG) brand, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-quality collision repair products and services. The Chief product line includes frame-pulling equipment, vehicle-anchoring systems, measuring systems, vehicle frame specifications and fusion equipment including welders, rivet guns and fume extractors. Chief is also a leading provider of comprehensive training on structural analysis, measuring, collision dynamics, aluminum repair, and design based repair.
VSG comprises nine global collision repair and vehicle lifting brands: Chief Automotive Technologies, Elektron, Rotary Lift®, Forward® Lift, Direct-Lift®, Hanmecson®, Revolution® Lift, Blitz® and nogra®. Based in Madison, Ind., VSG has operations worldwide, including ISO 9001-certified manufacturing facilities on three continents. VSG is part of the Engineered Systems segment of Dover Corporation, a multi-billion dollar, global producer of innovative equipment, specialty systems and value-added services.
