Practical guides on buying, identifying and fitting two-wheeler and three-wheeler spare parts, written from behind a Mumbai parts counter.
Two parts share a name and nothing else. What each filter protects, how Mumbai city riding shortens both intervals, and the cleaning mistake that ends bores.
Read the guide → 2026-07-25Length, mounting type, bush size, spring rate and duty cycle decide whether a shock absorber fits and lasts. How to check a worn unit and how to specify a replacement.
Read the guide → 2026-07-25Most electrical faults blamed on the harness are connectors, earths and chafe points. How to diagnose with a voltage-drop test, and when the harness genuinely has to be replaced.
Read the guide → 2026-07-25A three-wheeler doing 120 km a day under load wears nothing like a private two-wheeler. A kilometre-based schedule, the parts that go first, and how to stock for a fleet.
Read the guide → 2026-07-25The Mumbai monsoon is a parts event, not a weather event. What fails first and in what order, the pre-monsoon jobs worth doing, and what never to do after a flooded ride.
Read the guide → 2026-07-25What a trade account actually gives you, what paperwork a distributor needs, how wholesale pricing tiers and credit approval really work, and what to ask before you commit.
Read the guide → 2026-07-25What 0.25, 0.50 and 1.00 mm oversize actually mean, how standard grade letters differ from oversize steps, and why the bore is finished to the piston rather than to a number.
Read the guide → 2026-07-25Ordering by vehicle model gets parts wrong. Ordering by part code gets them right. A practical guide to finding, reading and verifying two-wheeler part numbers.
Read the guide → 2026-07-18Drum and disc brakes wear differently, fail differently and get replaced on different schedules. A practical guide for two-wheeler workshops and parts buyers.
Read the guide → 2026-07-11Intermittent misfires, hot-start failures and dead ignitions often get blamed on the CDI. Sometimes correctly. How to diagnose it properly and order the right unit.
Read the guide → 2026-07-04Fitting a new chain to worn sprockets destroys the chain in weeks. How chain and sprocket wear interact, and how to specify a chain kit correctly.
Read the guide → 2026-06-27A practical stocking list for two-wheeler service workshops in Mumbai, built from what actually moves off a distributor counter week after week.
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