1928-04-14 — Page 11

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SAVE YOUR

POLICE LICENCES FOR GARAGES.

Come and See, British Motor Cycles and appreciate their Superiority.

FRANCIS AND BARNETT Cycles

From £36:0:0 up.

DOUGLAS E. W. From £59:0:0 up.

TRIUMPH MOTOR-

CYCLES

Plan that Would Help

to Stop Thefts.

A doctor correspondent has

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928.

BY THE WAY

By Israel Klein,]

raised a new point which grams to It Bn't until we are nanoyed by main over winter and its mark will crit consideration, even though the squeaks from the brakes that become permanent thereafter. to some extent it might involve alwe give these appendages any The car will no longer look as little further inconvenience, writes notice.

fresh as it should. Capt. E. de Normanville in the Then, most likely, it is too Inte What the car needs in a porlodic] Daily Mail.

to prevent poor braking, for with cleaning, even through the incle

queaking brakes goes an uneven,ment winter days. imperfect system of control.

Water should!

This particular reader has had his car stolen from a garage. A man walked in (probably after n previous look round and observa- ilon), claimed to have lost, his garage ticket-and was allowed drive the doctor's car away.

To add insult to fijury, the garage proprietors are now dis- that particular point is sub judice claiming responsibility, but as

I must say no more about it.

a

Twelve cause for squeaking brakes are listed by Motor Age, in

recent issue. They are:

1--End of band touching drum. 2-High areas of unequal pres-

3-Sund between-brake druth and liaing.

sure.

4-Twisted bands.

-Unequal adjustment. The doctor therefore suggests

6-Worn anchor pins.. that all garages should be regis-

7-Bands frozen on anchor pins. teren; should have to comply with B-Twisted anchor pins. certain simple rulea under that re

-Exposed rivets. gistration; and should be forced 10--Glazed or hard lining. to shoulder certain responsibil-11-Eccentric or distorted drum.

ties in connexion with the cars

12-Loose wheels or wheel left in their charge.

ings.

Can

Making For Safety,

be played gently- on the body, or applied with a sponge. No hot water nor soap should be used, or it will injure the finish.

The body should be wiped "dry with a piece of chamois. If left to dry, the entire body will be spotted with tiny dirt marka.

A little knowledge of one of the most important parts of the automobile may produce greater care in its operation on the part of the driver.

This part in the clutch.

The transmission is that me-. chanism in the transmission of an automobile which connects the driving shaft of the engine to the bear-transmission in the rear, enabling

the car to move,

The cure for all these may be

This would make gamaged cans bunched into one or two items. One an engine operating continually, It is to be understood that, with From £60:0:0 mp.

safer from the thefts which are is the necessity of maintaining some means must be established known to be numerous. A more true adjustment between lining and by which the car many be moved or definite system of registering cars drum. Another is the maintenance A.J.S. MOTORCYCLES in and out would be enforced, and of a clean and well lubricated brak-atopped at will. That means is the

From £61:00 up.

owner who lost his ticketing system.

clutch. would have to "prove his title" Any inequality in the surface of however, against a powerful force Starting a heavy automobile, before removing the car.

the drum will cause a squeak. Anj INDIAN MOTORCYCLES would simplify the work of cause squonking. Protruding rivets

If garages were registered Itually worn brake lining will of inertia is more than merely connecting the driving shaft From G$245.00 up.

the police in tracing staten ears, also are only another real from There must be some means by directly to the transmission. they will have right of entry an unequally adjusted and unequal- and inquiry.

ly used braking system.

which this restrictive force of BUY EARLY,

An even more important paint Dust and grine collecting in the inertia may be overcome gradually, would be the elimination of the brakes and neglected there cause or the engine itself would be because on July 1st. receiver of stolen ca, who fre- much of the trouble from squeaking stepped by it. there' will be a 10-in- crease on British Cycles.

ALEX. ROSS & CO. (CHINA), LTD.

Prince's Building. 2nd Floor. Ice House Street Entrance: Showroom No. 1 Chater Rond.

STOCKS CARRIED.

quently maska his operations brakes, The bands must be re-) Therafore a system of gears is under the guise of a garage basi-moved and the lining thoroughly applied in connexion with the

cleaned to correct this difficulty.

21124.

But as a license for registration would only be granted where there

It may be, therefore, that this good doctor's suggestion deseryes faller capsid, raion than at first sig appivars warranted.

clutch, so that the resistance of the car may be broken in gradual steps-usually three.

rotating shaft from the engine has Even then, however, the fast-

SO

It must be remembered that there was evidence of bona-fde trade are moving parts in the braking There suspects would disappear system and that there occasionally to be connected with an inert automatically.

need lubrication. When bands are transmission shaft. It would ap frozen on anchor pins, interfering near that something would snap at with the free action of the brakes, such action. But it is done it is good practice to oil these points smoothly and gradually that no- thoroughly, or remove them and thing disastrous happens. give them a thorough cleaning. What actually transpires is the Then these points should be re-sliding of one dise of asbestos- placed and lubricated.

lined metal face to face toward another disc that is revolving.on Sometimes it is even good prac-the engine shaft. By this gradual ticg to apply a few drops of thin oil action, the first disc takes up the to the brake shoes or drums about revolutions of the second" and, every 2,000 miles or so. This will when closely applied, turns along keep a smooth surface on the Haing, with it.

LEAD THE WAY ON A B.S.A.

B. S. A.

WINS THE

COLMORE CUP

For best performance of the day J, Parker B.S.A. 3.49 0.H.V. & Sidecar

CRANMORE

TROPHY

For best solo performance of the day J. Humphries B.S.A. 3.49 0.H.V.

BAYLISS TROPHY

For best performance by a side valve machine

H. G. Uzzell B. S. A. 9.86 hp. and sidecar 3 GOLD MEDALS Best sidecar performance of the day, Best solo performance of the day, Fastest times in Acceleration Test in 350 c.c. sidecar, 350 e.c. solo, and over 600 c.c. sidecar classes.

THIS WONDERFUL SUCCESS PROVES BEYOND ALL DOUBT THE RELIABI- LITY OF B.S.A. MOTOR CYCLES.

MODELS NOW IN STOCK.

THE SINCERE CO., LTD.

MOTORING ON HOME LEAVE.

With a minimum of

WORRY AND EXPENSE.

We can supply you with any make of car on our BUY BACK GUARANTEE.

We relieve you of all trouble of obtaining Licences, Insurance, Registration, A. A. or R. A, 0., membership, etc.,

WITHOUT CHARGE.

Full particulars on application to

T. H. Stainton & Co., Ltd.

P. &Ọ, House, 14/15, Cockspur St,, London, S. W. I. or by writing to our LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE

C/o Bpx No. 333.

"Hongkong Telegraph.”

*

*

Care of Body,

•

That's the action of engaging the clutch, when the driver's left| foot is gradually let out. It em- As important a part of the au-phasizes the importance of letting tomobile as the motor is, it isn't out the clutch pedal 'gradually, in alone in demanding attention. from order to start the car if tho engine its owner. For there are other is not to be stalled against the parts that make up an automobile inertia of the ear. and that require consideration, if the entire machine is to run; smoothly.

The body is far from a mechani-shaft, a double system of coupling firmly to the dise on the engine cal apparatus, but it has moving is employed. parts and it is subject to break- down and annoyance just as is the between two other coins of the It's like holding a coin firmly motor itself. It requires watch-sanie size, by the thumb and fore- fulness and periodic attention, if finger of one hand. It takes little driving is to remmin pleasant and pressure to keep the middle coin: the automobile is to maintain its from turning, if the other two are Rond looks..

kopt still, and it is an easy matter. The mator usually outlets the to turn it when the other two are body in service for the aimple rotated.

¡J

35 Miles

per Gallon.

FIAT 509 a

THE TIME TO BUY YOUR FIAT

IS

LY!

IMMEDIATELY TI

Sole Agents for Hongkong; danton and Macao

PRICE

from

$1,850

SOO. ITALIANA. IMP. ESP. ESTREMO ORIENTE, LTD.

Managers –A. GOEKE & COMPANY.

SHOWROOMS AND OFFICES

67, Des Voeux Road C.. Tel. 0. 4821

FIAT 509

FOR 1928. NOW ON SHOW

WORKSHOP

67, Des Vœux Road 0. Tél. C. 4821

The Pontiac Sedan

With the Style, Speed and Beauty that

appeals to all.

In order to hold the first disc THIS is a car that has luxury and refinement at a price that compels the attention of all who are contemplating a car purchase. It is engined with the famous Pontiac six-cylinder engine, and Is fitted with all that is latest in motordom,

reason that inmediate attention is That's the mechanism of the paid to it when it shows the least disc type, of clutch, which is the sign of halking. A squeaky or system employed on most automo- muddy body, on the other hand, biles to-day..

can be tolerated without handicap- There may be only one disc plug the operation of the chri engaged between two, or there may Eventually, however, the be a series of discs, engaged with- squenks and airt leave permanent in another series. But both types marks on the car, rattling becames Work alike one act revolving by an everyday affair and the auto-contact with the other. mabile is worth much less than

#

one to which attention has been That's all there is-just this paid.

contact to move an Yet care of the body is easier But this is so firm, once engaged, automobile.) than attention to the engine. It that there is no danger of any requires only occasional checking slipping unless the surfaces of the of bolts and other parts. And it discs have become glazed.. demands only a matter of cleanli- Glazing of the surfaces of the neas on the part of the owner. discs is the result of "riding the It isn't, much, for instaice, to clutch." This is the unconscious have the body bolts tightened application of the left foot on the when the chassis is being greased. clutch pedal, ever so slightly, while No matter how well built the car the car is running along, but may be, its tie-down bolts loosen enough to loosen the firm grip of with the vibration of travel, and the dises on each other, its doors and other movable parta dises causes them to slip, rather The slightest loosening of these squeak on their hinges.

Closed bodies, especially, should than grip tightly, with the result that their hard surfaces become

PRICE NOW

H.K. $2,500.00

Completely Equiped

A. LUNG BỊ CO. 19, Queen's Road, Central, Telephone C. 1919.

TOURING IN FRANCE.

be adjusted after the Arst 1,000 glazed. Constant "riding of the or 1,500 miles of use. If the doors clutch," therefore, ultimately ren- squeak most likely the tle-downders the gripping action of the bolts to the chanals are loose.

Squeaks come from such Insig-1

dises practically useless.. nificant causes as glazed pillars, or the car won't move. And this A recent between hood and lacing, at the is an operation of which the work Paris published in the Press hood clamps and at the door lock of installation costs more than the suggests that British motorista, All they need is slight lubrica-new parts.

tion, a drop of oil in the lock, or

a touch of grease along the con-

tact edges.

New discs have to be installed,

communique

from

under a new arrangement between the Touring Club de France and the Ministry of Finance, can

Slight rattles come from parts LEYLAND MOTORS REPRESEN-henceforth enter France with

fossened by the inevitable vibra-

tion of the car, and jas over! rough, pavements.

The bumpera

TATION AT SINGAPORE,

or

their cars without depositing duty) with the Customs or obtaining) trijityques other Customs can thus be loosened enough to ralile disturbingly.

Leyland Motors,

papers from an approved Club or Ltd., has Association. Tho Automobile The trim-appointed Colonel Woodhouse as Association has since been official- mings inside the car can become representative for the Far East. ly informed that the Touring Club loose and squeak. Wires in thelle has now taken up his residence de France knows pothing of any; ignition system may trail and in Singapore. During the last new arrangement with the French strike against the body or chassis two and a half years Colonel Customs. as the car moves, along.

The wellknown trip-

Woodhouse has been in Australis, tyque system which has been in All that's needed is tightening. where he has been engaged in force for many years remains un- As important as a squeakless establishing a Sales Organisation altered. body is a clean one. Let mud re for the Trojan vehicle.

CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LTD.

FOR

ALL CLASSES

OF

MOTOR INSURANCE

WRITE FOR PROSPECTUS. HEAD OFFICE:

TELEPHONE: 0.1121-22

ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, HONGKONG.