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Things Not as They Seemed.
' [From Morris Ownor.]
Lack of foresight on my part
Is responsible for my present.
plight for had I foreseen what
HINTS
FOR THE
MOTORIST
ALBERT
by
.... CLOUGH
ELIMINATING „SLACK FROM THE STEERING · SYSTEM.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1928.
[him that his daughter was meat- ing some unknown stranger on the king's highway-he'd tell me to go back again to my antimacassar and surface carburetter age and not interfere with Miss, 1928.
Finally I wrote to Phyllis her self a stiff letter, pointing out the folly of her ways, and telling her he might be an out-and-out rotter for all she know! By reply, I had the following:
"Home."
6-3-27.
PHYLLIS.
P.S.-A man with a genuine open face and such honest eyes as his could not be anything but al gentleman! So there!"
Lost motion in the mechan-, are locked by cotter pins or lock- "Dear Nunks,I wish you ism at the bottom of the column washers and it is of the utmost wouldn't jump to conclusions ao is most likely to be due to end-importance to replace these with quickly, and please refrain from or both of its two extreme care, as the consequences criticising my friends. I am per- play in one shafts the vertical one, which is of any part coming loose are obfectly able to take care of myself, turned by the hand wheel and the viously very serious. horizontal one, which carries the
and I refuse to allow you to pitman-arm that conveys motion Water Bolls With Increased Speed; assume control of my private to the linkage. By having some-"
Question. When I drive my-
affaira. one turn the steering wheel first
car at 26 m.p.h. the engine cools In one and then in the other direc-all right, but at 80-35 m.ph. the mon with magneto trouble on the I intend to be on Delmore Com- tion and watching these shafts, red liquid in the radiator-thermo- 8th-Yours sincerely, end play, if present, can usually be meter goes way up to the top and seen. Tightening the thrust-bear the water boils away fast. Oll ing at the top of the gear housing pressure seems all right and I will remove end-play in the verti- change the oil every 600 miles. cal shaft. Loosening the clamp What can be done to correct this er set screw, which locks the bear-trouble? ing adjustment nut and then
Answer,If the fan-belt is leoac, screwing this adjusting nut in, until it is just about to turn hard, it sometimes slips excessively, as then tightening the locking device, engine speed is increased, thus re- is the remedy. End-play in the ducing the cooling effect below valuable to me than my pride, 80, horizontal (pitman) shaft, is reclable force should be required to and wrote her another letter, that which is necessary. Appre-pockoling the letter, I sat down moved by readjusting its thrust
move the fan, by hand, when the pointing out that I had no inten- resisting device. This may be a hardened screw upon which the engine is stopped, and it should tion of dictating to her, but that inside end of the shaft bears, come to rest promptly when, the whilst her friend was, I hoped, a Unlocking and turning in this engine stops. Other causes of in- gentleman, nevertheless in these acrew, until it begins to be tight, adequate cooling or dirt and scale days one had to be careful. is the procedure. The adjust-in the radiator and jackets, which ment may be by removing shima can be removed by boiling out with
I heard nothing further untli Rubber connexions, the 10th, when the following which position a thrust-block, sal-aods. Consult the instruction book for which are defective internally and arrived: details. If looseness exists in any
restrict the circulation, thus re-
Backlash in Transmission Line.
of the following named parts, as quiring replacement. Ignition too denoted by play when the "hand much retarded and dragging wheel is turned back and forth, brakebands. proceed as follows: Rear or front ball-end of the "drag-link, adjust: inwardly the spring-pressed ball-
Question. There is too much socket, until there is no slack. Bo lost motion in the drive shaft or sure to replace the cotter pin. In the rear-end of my car. How Looseness of knuckle in forked can I correct this?
end of axle, due to wear, of knuckle Answer.---It Is likely that, a pin or its upper or lower bushings, large part of this lost motion is by removing worn parts and re-in the universal joints, especially placing them with new ones. If if they have not been lubricated the upper support of the knuckle about every 500 miles during the pin is a roller bearing, its ad-life of the car. Renewal of worn justment may usually be tighten-pins and bushing of the joints, is ed by unpinning the nut at the the only way to remove lost mo- bottom of the pin, turning on the tion there. By holding the pinion nut until the bearing is properly shaft at the rear axle and turning tight and replacing the cotter pin. the final-drive shaft of the trans- Looseness at the pins and bush-mission, you can tell how much ings, which fusten the tie-rod ends lost motion there is in the joints. to the steering-knuckle arms, by Backlash in the rearend. may be replacing bushings and pins and because of loose mesh of the gears drawing up the pin-nuts, just or incorrect, adjustment of the enough so there is no up-and-downpinion-shaft or differential-carrier shake at the yoke ends. Tie, rods bearings, but if your axle-is not! with ball and socket ends have noisy it might prove inadvisable means for tightening the socketa to change any of these adjust- on the balls Looseness of the ments, for fear of making It Jess knuckle-arms in the knuckles, by quiet. However, if you find it tightening the nuts which draw necessary to alter rear-axle ad- the tapered portion of the armjustments, you, belter write us into the tapered hole in the again or consult a service station knuckle. All nuts and pins, which of your make of car, as these ad- hold the steering linkage together, justments are rather delicate.
godchild, I am trying to brighten your otherwise drab existence by writing.
Many things have happened since you were down at Christmas, the most important being my join- ing the ranks of the motorists,
Well, I must ring off now, but will write and tell you if I happen to see him again.-Yours dutifully,
r
.PHYLLIS.
P.S. He was just going up to town for a week-go I shall not drive over Delmore Common until
Yes! Pater actually bought me that dinky lille two-seater that the 8th." 1 so badly wanted-and it's a per- fect joy!
Now after reading an epistle You see, now I can drive I take it out on my own and
like that one's responsibilities we have some glorious times to-seem to weigh more heavily upon gether.
Incidentally it has brought me Romance.
You know that long straight stretch across Delmore Common? Well, I was touring along there the other afternoon when sudden- ly my chariot stopped!
1.
After doing everything I had rend about and knew how to do to the magneto, sparking pluge, speedometer and all the other things, I discovered that I had run out of petrol! I thought it was most annoying. And of course the spare tin was empty.
A He-man.
Then, whilst I was wondering what to do, He came along in a beautiful sports two-seater. He was lovely one of those long, lean, lazy men, with a massive jaw, blue eyes, and crinkly hair-and- so handsome! Well, he pulled un and gave me petrol, asked ever so many questions about the car how did she run, how long had I asked to take over the duties of had her, was she heavy on petrol, godfather to Phyllis some twenty, etc.? years ago, was to let me in for, I
Of course, being woman," should certainly have refused could see that these questions point blank.
were only asked to prolong, the The best way to give you an iden Interview. But at last my natural of her latest escapade is to re-modesty made me tear myself produce her letters. Here is the away, and I left for home. By the way, I happened to turn round as first:
I drove off, and he was gazing after me with such a thoughtful look on his face!
"Home."
1-8-27.
He's lovely, Nunks-you'll like "Dearest Nunks, I know I owe him, I'm sure, when I introduce
my inability to say "No!" when you a letter, so, being a dutiful you.
one.
What was I to do? I couldn't (write to Bob (her father) and tell
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"Home."
9-3-27.
"Dearest Nunks,-I am sorry if I caused you any worry, but I really liked him and now it is finished! ·
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