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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1926.
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GEARS AND THEIR TREATMENT.
Points On Changing.
TREAT THEM GENTLY.
(By Charles S. Clancy In the Sydney Sun);
Michelin Tyres Mean
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The judicious use of the gears result of carelessness in opera on your car makes driving easy. tion, that is, sonding the roxoly- How many drivers with years of ing gears in the opposito, dires. exparienco know how to man-tion to the revolving, shaft. ipulate the gears, and thus get One thing the driver should re- the best out of the car?
member, and that is to handle. the goars onrefully. There is no necessity to force them, and when such a movo is made the result is disastrous.
The gears to most drivers are a mystory. They merely use them because they have been taught that the car will, not go unless it It should be remembered that is in gear. And so the rudiments the gears are delicate, although of the gears are known to the they stand a good deal of knock- driver who can get into first,ing about. The most gentle move. second and topc
ment will be just as effective ds. a deliberately strong movement, which only tonde towards bring- ing that inevitable crash.
The gear box, which is one of the most vital parts of the car, suffers moro wear and tear than any other part of the machine; because overy movement of a driver levies ita" tall upon the mechanism.
Incessant changing of gears brings about a condition in the car which will have very serious resulta if ordinary care of the goars is not observed.
The most important changeį which is soldom shown to the beginner, is from second gear to
first. On most cars this move is not always required but at some time or other in a driver's experi- once he may find it necessary.
A steep pinch on a bill may! often necessitate a quick change to first gear, and only the know- Most drivere from their arst ledge of this change can save experience have little or no idea you from an unenviable experi of the exact functions of the ence.
Like all changes, it must be rears. They are taught to get practised. On most cars the into gear, to change gear and go into reverse, and there the in-change is a complete movement
from second down across neutrali struction ends.
to first gear. Though little dif- forent from a change from first to second, the difference is that the reverso has not been prac tired.
There is no attention paid to coasting; they are not even told how to get from second gear to first, which is one of the most important moves which the driver is called upon to make sooner or later.
The double shuffle, which is the means of making gear-chung- ing aasy, is never shown to the
In the attempt you are liable to miss the change, and the ra sult is that if your brakes do not hold, you find your car slipping down the hill.
Fractice on "gear-changing will never go amiss, and in driving new driver. Many a car has been the man who, knows every move worn out, and the driver has never in his car is the safe driver. known what the double shuffle
Study your gears, treat them
could do towards making gear-gently, keep them well'oiled, and changing easy.
You will see drivers pulling their gears right through in a clumsy movement, which is a great strain on the car, and can only make for the eventual ruin of the gears.
What drivers must remember when changing gears is that a system of cogs operate within the gear-box, connecting with a revolving shaft, which goes throughout the length of the car.
Correct speeds of acceleration must be observed to get those cogs to combine with the revoly- ing.sheft, and when the fault! occurs à clash of geurs is the re- ault.
The damage which is done by one clash of the gears cannot be immediately known, but an ex- amination of the gears in. a fow months' time will show how they! have been worn.
Piecos.will be chipped off the goars and they will be worp down as though a file had been used to complete the job.
The stripping of goars is all the
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