El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-26

Tires wear out for many reasons.
Some of them follow
The want of proper air pressure
The overload they are required to
The neglect Of bruises. cuts and
punctures.
before they are placed in service
The raSplng year OF Sk1ddlnE-
The bruises which result from strlk-
ing Instructions TOO severely
The number of times and distances
they are run Debated
The application of brakes with pune
tured rear tires
The strain they must withstand when
turning corners at high speed
The resistance they must overcome
when brakes are too severely applied
The stress resulting from the abrupt
exertiOn OF excessive engine power
The number and character of natural
elements which tend to destroy their
properties OF efficiency.
Here is a tip to motorists who hap
pen to be caught out at night without
a match. "UnscreW one OF the spark
plugs from the cylinder, leaving 1t
connected TO the wire leading from the
magnetic. Take a small splinter of
wood and tie TO one end Of il a small
bunch of cotton waste or soft cloth
Nhen soak 1t IN gasoline with the
waste held close to the sparkling points
OF the plug, turn the engine over slow
" until a spark occurs in that plug
and the flame viii burn for several
minutes
When a tire suddenly couapses the
removal of the shoe may snow on the
inside OF the casing a cut which has
gone well into the fabric without ap-
pearing on the surface of the tire This
may have been caused by an improper
" protected lug-One from which the
leather covering has come Off-haTing
made the cut when the tire was run
fef1
piece of leather ana no 1urther trouble
viii be experienced for Q. time, but IN
less q replacement is made at the earli-
est opportunity the tube VIII again be
pinched as the leather VIII have a tend
ency to travel away from the break
When a pair of spur or bevel gears
have been disEOunIed from their nor
nal positions for any reason, 1t IS OF
the utmost Importance that their Sc
curity on their shafts be looked to, as
tons ensures their running true, as
well as answers for their unity OF
movement with the parts which they
drive while the latter is OF marked
lence Of operation, as well as reducing I
wear TO a minimum
a car should not be loaded above the /
designed capacity, because If it should I
strike an obstruction the impact due to Z
the heavy weight which the car is car Z
IgluS VIII often cause q Sc5 IN the ]
rear wheels that viii be disastrous to I
their bearings. and. in fact, to the whole /
rear axle construction A Sagg1ng axle /
may be detected by the fact that the ]
tops of the rear tires will be closer to- |
gether than the bottom When this is /
the case it may be Immediately taken I
for a warning.
Too rich a mixture, too late a spark ]
or too much throttle opening all tend to I
cause the same trouble IN a motor !
OverheatinE. The result in either case, /
must be a. slow explosion, which pro- /
duCes high cylinder temporal ure !
throughout the whole Of the working
stroke, instead Of only during the first 7
part of it,, resulting in a high exhaust B
temperature and pressure. The out
come of 1T all is that the lubricant is
burned from the cylinder walls before
It has time TO perform its proper func-
ton; the surface of the exhaust valve