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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1928.

NEW MOTORING

IDEA.

Front Wheel Drive.

I have now had an opportunity of: testing the new sports 12-h.p. Alvia car with front wheel drive and each whcel hidependently sprung, saya the Daily Mail motoring Correspon |dent.

NEW BRAKE LAWS WANTED.

JUGGLING WITH GEARS.

THE CAR OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION.

The Four-wheel Brake. A Call for Judgment.

Quebec, June 30.-The demand

Quite the most difficult part of of various states for the instalin handling a motor-car. Is. In gear tion of two separate brake mochan-changing, and many drivers of ex- jams on automobiles, despite the presence of four-wheel brakes, was perience cannot tackle the opera- condenined as antiquated and un- tion with any degree of confidence. It is the first British car embody-reasonable at the semi-annual At times, more by luck than judg

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This new motoring idea is attracling widespread interest not only among meter engineers but also among car owners.

Front wheel drive to quito aimple, The only difference from rear wlieel drive is that the driving, slanfts ara coupled to the wheels by means or

tive Engineers here.

tactics.

ing these principles-to be placed on meeting of the Society of Automoment, they make a perfect change. the market

On the next occasion they meet It was this requirement that de-with failure through trying to layed Ford somewhat in the pro- duction of his new Model A and adopt exactly the same forced him to make a decided Successful gear changes cannot be change in the brake system of the made by rule of thumb. The driver car before it could be sold in some must depend on his judgnient,' for of the states.

the procedure varies according to Many of the automotive en-circumstances. When changing up universal joints (flexible plugs)gineers at the brake meeting here a slight pause in neutral is neces- which turn with the wheels and expressed their disapproval of transmit power through them at such legislation because, they anid, sary before the next gear can be any angle. Instead of being at the it had been drawn up for two-engaged. The duration of this and differential are forward of it. rear of the engine, clutch, gearbox, wheel brakes and before the four-pause depends chiefly on road speed.

wireel brakes had come in. There is no buck axle In the ac-

In a paper on this subject, Prof. eepled sense of the word. With no H. Lockwood, of the Sheffield fixed axle there is no need for a rear Scientific School at Yale Univer. differential cuch wheei being freesity, reviewed the entire broke to travel at its own apced.

situation in this country,

Advantages.

There are several obvious advan- ages of this principle. With so much weight on the front axle one might Imagine Lint steering would be heavy. But the contrary is the

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If the car la travelling very slowly, the lever can be moved straight home after the slightest hesitation. As the speed at which the change is made is increased, so must the pause be lengthened. When An Anomaly in Brakes..

cending a hill a further walt is re- "Existing brake laws," he said,quired, an account of the fact that "specify that every automobile the car is rapidly losing momentum. shall be equipped with two sets of On a steep hill, therefore, it is brakes which shall be completely sometimes impossible to make a independent. This provision was clean change up. A certain speed complied with by all two-wheel must be attained before the car will

get away in higher gear. But be-)

brakes.

With the drive on the back wheels "With the introduciion of four-pre the necessary long puso can the car in being pushed always in wheel brakes, conflict of brake bo made in a neutral, the essential a forward direction. It is necessary laws and brake mechanisms were momentum has been lost. In such to steer against the inclination of discovered, in that the two sets of a case the only way of changing is the car to travel in a straight line. brakes were not, in all cases, better to continue in the lower gear, to jam the gear home. It la mutthi With front wheel drive the power separately applied. Thus the ano is transmitted in whatever direes malous situation has arison of effl-On down grades the contrary ap

travelling. When cient four-wheel brake equipment plles, the pause being far less than you turn the steering wheel to take violating existing laws, while Changing down is an entirely dif that required on level ground. shy an acute corner the power is elicient two-wheel brakes comply ferent matter. In the ordinary being transmitted in that direction. with the law.".

other words you are being push- Prof. Lockwood adds, however trous. After slowing right down a

way any pause în neutral is disas that some states have already fair change can usually be made by brought their legislation up to slipping the lever quickly into posi date by adopting a new uniformtion, especially when a four-speed brake law recommended by the gearbox is fitted. But a change down at speed, so vory necessary for good driving, can only be ne- complished with double de-clutch- in. Instead of allowing one of the shafts in the gearbox to slow, as when changing up, its speed must be increased. Providing the

d round the eprner.

1 munte some tests in a private park of cornering and the stability of this car at speed on stiff bends

was a revelation.

* Conference of Motor Vehicle Administrators. Another interesting feature of

This proposed law permits the this design is the scope it gives the connexion of both service and bodybuilder. He need not allow hand brakes, but in such a man- For the rise and fall of a propellerer that if one fails the other may shaft or the humped easing of the

still be serviceable. differentisland gear box. The car

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the

| I drove bad in two-sĉater sports body "Gritics of this part of the pro-elutch is engaged," this shaft which does not provide the couch-posed law." Prof. Lonkwood adds, ean e nerelerated from the builder with an opportunity of "dislike the impleation that the engine--with

Kear lever showing the real value of the service brakes of automobiles of the neutral position. The principle. But a sufoon body on the present high-speed types will procedure, therefore, is as fol- front wheel driven ear should be a fail to such an extent that re-tows. De-clutch, and move the gear meet comfortable affair, close to course must be had to the parking lever into neutral. Let in the the ground with at the same time brakes.

clutch again, and accelerate the en- [ plenty of headroom.

gine to the required degree. Then Driver Is Different. "Four-wheel brakes have made lip home the gear before the shaft de-clutch for the second time, and safety of automobiles, as the dis- It must be increased in accordance an important contribution to the has time to lose its speed. tance required to make a quick with the speed at which the change stop has been reduced by about is undertaken. one-half and the tendency of the will be required on upgrades, und Less acceleration car to skid on sudden application more on down-grades. of the brakes has been reduced. The werr of brake linings has been reduced because of twice as much rubbing surface on the shoes."

The way the two-seater sat down

The springing also impressed me. By springing each wheel instead of the chassis it absorbs its own shock when it strikes a pot hole, transmitting very little of this to the car itself.

on the rod was certainly strlicing

This 90 mph. sports car proved moet fascinating to drive, I should like to see the principle adapted to a more modest touring cur. One

Of the three parties most con-

curious effect was the throwing up cerned with the matter of safely. of stones from the front wheela. These eluded the front mudguards and took the paint off the bottom of the rear mudguards. This will have to be guarded against.

WHEN GEAR REFUSES TO WORK.

in automobile brakes-the manu- facturer, the state and the owner ho concludes, the owner seems least concerned.

"It must be admitted that the reputation of the typical user for) care of the brake equipment is | poor," he says. "He probably will allow the brakes to lose much of their effectiveness before seeking help from the service station.

Occasionally, when making ready "This condition would be much to start in traffic, the gears will not improved if a simple method of alip'into low on the first try, When brake adjustment were devised, this happens take your foot off the capable of giving satisfactory re- clutch pedal for a moment, then sults in the hands of an ordinary press out the clutch and try shifting driver.

to low again. If the car is on o

"Even after such brake equip-

grade release the brakes and let it ment is available, it will require roll a foot or two with the clutelyears for its general introduction. Ifence car users must be remind-

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When a disabled car is to be towed or the machine is to be used to tow another car, be very careful where the tow rope is attached or considerable damage will be done to the cars. Do not attach the tow rope to a bumper, radiator, guard, or in fact, anything else but the main structural parts of the ear, such as the front axle, eroas mem- bers, ete: When the car is to be towed, the best place to hook on the tow rope is the front axle. Thin

will have to be done on the aide near the steering knuckle, as the front apron will prevent the rope from be- ing hooped on the same side of the towing car· na it is

on the front uxle 'of the dlsabled cur, 40 there will be no tendency toward a cross pull. When towing another car, It la sometimes possible to use the rear axle, but generally there are parts in the way that prevent. In this case attach the rope to the rear spring horns, the rear cross'mem- ber, or even around the shackles. Do not use the rear bumpera-or spare tyre bracket. Always start gently when towing a car and al ways signal the car following in plenty of time when preparing to

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