El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
n AUTOMOBILE is pretty

n AUTOMOBILE is pretty nearly
II human in one respect. 1t requires
L n care to make life long and care
that it may perform its functions up to
the standard of its creation.
That is often entirely overlooked by
the owner Of the car and this negli-
gence is certain to hasten the tire
breakdown
Any tire is subject to more or less
abuse, owing to the fact that It must
encounter all kinds of roads and re-
ceive little or no consideration from
the driver. Cuts, stone bruises, mud
blisters, etc, result, and II these are
neglected they eventually spell out the
destruction of the tire, as dissipation
does the man.
Tire Neglect Costly.
Tire neglect runs bills up unbelleV-
| ably. There are many more things Tor
/ the drivers to consider than the mere
driving of the car. Road conditions
play an important part in the life or
tires. Initiation. distribution OF the
/ weight of the machine and alignment
I of the wheels are also influential NO
J Two tires in a set may give the same
! service although their quality. work
| manship and construction may be Iden-
teal One may give out far before It's
| time. There is reason for this DO
| not blame the tire; always look at the
real cause and place the blame where
The Service and mileage of a tire
depend as much on the conditions under
! which it is used as upon the quality OF
! the tire itself
Imperfect Initiation.
Possibly three-fourths of the tires
/ returned to the manufacturers LOT re
I pairs have been ridden lnsu1tlclently
! inflated. Insufficient imitation IS re-
| sponsible to a greater extent Than per-
I haps anything else for bloWoutS and
| quick disintegration.
| When a tire is impeTfactly Inflated
! the walls are continually bending back
{
! same result as when a wire or piece
! of metal is bent back and t0rth In the
! hands Heat is engendered IN the
! threads and because OF ShlS hea-s ana
/ the continued bending, the walls soon
! weaken and give way In a short time
! they are not strong enough to support
! the air pressure multiplied oy the
weight of the car and bloWoutS result
( Not only that, but when tire be
/ comes loose, a lump or fold of rubber
/ and fabric is formed Just IN front OF
/ the part in contact with the ground
/ This is what tiremakers call 'kink-
/ ing" This tends to separate the pies
/ of the fabric, or in aggravated cases
/ to chew up the walls of the tire, as
! well as that portion OF the TUBE mat
I happens to get caught
Don't initiate your tires by guess.
! A big, thickwalled tire viii show little
depression under a heavy load, even
though the air pressure is too low for
| safety One cannot tell from appear
ances whether or not the tires are per-
| fectly inflated. A good gage should
be used and tires tested every day.
Little Cut Like Bad Habit.
A little cut in tire. like a little
habit, if allowed to grow, soon gets
beyond control and eventually destroys
the tire \ close watch should be
kept of these little cuts They should
be cleansed from sand and dirt win
gasoline and then filled with cement
and quick repair gum This gum VIII
set in a few hours and become an IN
tegraI part of the tire and prevent fu-
ture trouble. A very large cut after
thus being treated should be vulcan
led at the earliest possible moment
/ To ignore these casing cuts altogether
is to invite sand bliSterS and mud
bOils which are caused by sand ana
dust entering the cut and working IN
between the tread and the fabric of
the casing.
These are diseases to which tires of
any type are subject if they are not
checked soon when the symptoms ap-
pear-sma1 cuts in the tread sand
blisters and mud-boils are more com
plicated and disastrous the longer they
are allowed 10 go. They mean simply
the stripping apart of the rubber from
the fabric used to reinforce It sand
and dust enter and gradually work
their way between the rubber ana
fabric. and the result is a sand bis
ter or mud-boiL
Send Tires to Doctor.
Tires that have already developed
all these iSeaSeS-mud- bOilS or sand
bIisters, should be sent to the repair
man at once. When tEeSe blistrrS are
cleansed out and -Ulcanizei down, your
tire is practically as good as new.
If an axle is even slightly out or
true. the tire will be subjected to a
grinding action, which will wear out
the thread in an incredibly short
length of time If you go over a
heavy bump or have an accident of
any kind, have your wheels examined
at once. Don't wait until the tread
of your tire is worn off and then
When imbedded in rubber AMI not
subjected to strains or weakened by
bending, the fabric used to reinforce
the tire VIII Hetain its strength in
rubber is removed and moisture from
the rC|d is permitted to penetrate, the
fabric begins to Gisintegrate and in
short time its strength and resistance
are gone forever.
Brakes Hurt Tires.
If one tire stops the load, as is often
the case when brakes are not prop
erly adjusted. the tread is liable to be
worn through to the fabric by one
application of the brake. The strain
of stopping the car is thrown almost |
entirely on one wheel It IS set ana
the tire is subjected to severe grind
ing action with the pavement or road |
See that the brakes are adjusted to |
equally distribute the strain sudden /
be avoided Skidding around corners !
at high speed is likewise very disas-
trous.
The fabric having been thus. weak
ened it is a matter of a short time un- 1
ii the air pressure in the TUBE, IN
creased by the weight and strain OF a |
heavy car, becomes too great Tor the /
cOntainer or casing, and LOUD report /
announces to the driver that the tire
has suffered a blowout Naturally, the |
driver seeks the cause. If one Is not
patiently apparent. the manufacturer Is
blamed for defective material or work
manship- To experts, however the
causes are well known.
Preserve Fabric; stop BlOwOuts.
So long as the fabric is preserved as /
it was when the tire was new, the
blowout is not likely to occur Let the
tire be ridden partly or WnoHy De
flated for a distance, or suffer a cut
or stonebruise, the fabric IS weakened
as a result and once trouble starts IL
gradually becomes worse untll the
blowout point is reached TOO ire
quently the drive. finding no lmmedl-
ate cause. disregards entirely the re-
mote abuses. which are the real causes
of his troubles In the case OF cut (
or bruise, the blowout may not occur (
for days after the accident enough of
the fabric being left intact TO sustain
the pressure for some time
Tire fabric is like other teXtHes- 1t
tears easily once it is cut, wnlle II re