Main Street Automotive, Inc.
715 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667 530.626.7066

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Differential Service

When Placerville drivers take a corner in their vehicle, the outside wheels have a slightly longer distance to go than the inside wheels. That means that the outside wheels have to turn a bit fas...
Published on: Aug 10, 2020

Simple Answers from Main Street Automotive, Inc. for Placerville: Differential Service

Question What is a differential and why do I need to have it serviced? Answer First – your vehicle does have a differential.  If it’s rear wheel drive, your differential is on the ...
Published on: Feb 04, 2017

Viva la Differential

With front-wheel drive being so common these days, the differential is just taken care of during a transmission service, so most folks don’t even have to think about it.  And most rear-whee...
Published on: Oct 16, 2015