Automotive Industry News & Information - Lee's Brake, Muffler, & Tire Service

The fuel system is an integral aspect of any combustion engine, but it’s particularly important on diesel trucks. Your Ford, Dodge, or Chevrolet pickup requires a perfectly functioning fuel system, devoid of buildup, leaks, and debris, to provide you with the most powerful and efficient engine performance possible. At Lee's Brake, Muffler, & Tire Service in Sandersville, GA, we understand that fuel system flushing is an essential process in maintaining a properly functioning engine.

The best way to keep your car out of the repair facility with major repair problems is to follow a basic vehicle care maintenance schedule. It is recommended that you make general visual inspections and stay on top of vehicle maintenance items. The skilled automotive technicians at Lee's Brake, Muffler, & Tire Service in Sandersville, GA can assist with basic vehicle maintenance and more complex repairs. Feel free to give us a call or come by at your convenience if you have any questions.

In the diesel world, "blow-by" is a term you’re bound to run across at some point if your line of work involves diesel-powered vehicles of any kind. What is blow-by, what causes it, and how concerned should you be? At Lee's Brake, Muffler, & Tire Service in Sandersville, GA, our fleet maintenance and diesel technicians see it on a regular basis. Here we’ll take a quick look at blow-by, correcting it, and preventing it.

Sometimes your car, truck, or SUV stops performing quite like it used to. At Lee's Brake, Muffler, & Tire Service in Sandersville, we can fix that. A simple but common issue on vehicles equipped with a manual transmission is shifter bushing issues. Your shifter has a bushing on the end of it, where it connects to the actual transmission. Its purpose is to provide tight, smooth shifting.

Glow Plugs are an essential component of your diesel engine. However, a faulty glow plug can go unnoticed or be neglected for quite some time; your truck will still start and run, so it’s an easy issue to overlook. At Lee's Brake, Muffler, & Tire Service in Sandersville, we want you to know what to look for, and why you should be concerned with a bad glow plug.

No matter what type of car, truck, or SUV you drive, old or new, it probably has doors. Those doors are heavy, and they see a lot of use. Naturally, from time to time, parts wear out. If your door doesn’t function as well as it should, here’s why, courtesy of Lee's Brake, Muffler, & Tire Service in Sandersville.

At Lee's Brake, Muffler, & Tire Service in Sandersville, the history of cars is a huge topic of interest to us. Here’s an interesting piece of automotive trivia, from us to you.

Making the call to get a new transmission can be difficult. At Lee's Brake, Muffler, & Tire Service in Sandersville, GA, we’re here to help you make the right choice.