Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-09
GEARSET OF THE AUTOMOBILE DESERVES MORE ATTENTION
THAN is GENERALLY BESTOWED UPON IT Blythe MOTORIST
Repairing of the Worn Parts
Should Not Be Entrusted
to Novice
EXPERT CARE REQUIRED
IN REPAIRING TROUBLE
Owners Should Not Allow Gar
age Men to AnneaI Gears
in Making Repairs
(Ry Special Permission from Motor

(Ry Special Permission from Motor
Age).
In the advertising announcement OF
a new car we find -Modernity is the
keynote in the motor OF our marvellous
eight The reciprocating parts are
balanced TO a hairs weight. The wrist
pin bearings are ground 10 the great
est accuracy man made instruments
can measure. The carburetor, spark
plugs, generator and started are the
most costly devices money can buy.
Each fraction OF an inch OF metal in
the entire power plant has been put
there for definite purpose By q force
of ninety OF the pick of motor car
engineers.s And then, .the gearset Is
of the conventional three speeds for
ward and reverse. /.
: This tendency In motor car adyer-
Using and salesmanship leads the
unmechanical citizen who is buying a
car for the first time to believe that
the mechanism is all in the motor and
he has nothing else to worry about
If he has the temerity TO ask:
What Is that box thing there be-
hind the MOTOR" the salesman's re-
Ply will generally be something like
this:
"oh, that is the gear box, but let
me show you this new idea we have
here In disappearing folding seats.
Friend citizen buys this car and
carries away with It handful Of jum-
bled specifications on double jet car
-buretors, overhead valves, floating
rear axles, aluminium pistons and
whatsnot. but doesn't know that he
owns such thing as q gearset.
Why this Ignoring OF vital car part
IN motor car advertising? II ID be-.
cause the sliding gearset Of today Is
the sliding gearset OF ten years ago
and. compared with the trnck driver
whose - lie. Hike the wheels OF hts
truck. follows fut. Is forgotten be.
cause o. It's sameness. Fortunately
this heart az d motor car. the gearset,i
Il almost Is free from trouble as II Is
from publicity. Like flowing well,
II works until Il Is worn out--unless
something plugs it up.
Chief Two Faults
Because Of its unheard-of-ness, II
gearset does 90 wrong the car owner
usually scratches his head and turns
toward the nearest farmhouse to see
II that dwelling is blessed with tele-
phone wires. II Is the exception. how.
ever. when the gear shifting device
gives up the ghost altogether. It's
Most common symptoms OF derange-
ment are noisy operation and trouble
in shifting gears. II the car owner can
remedy the trouble himself he can
save garage Bills. It Is well that he
learn his gearset lessons for econ.
omy's sake.
Takins. as the first case. difficulty
in shifting gears, there are two main
reasons for such q trouble, provided
a A. not caused by q clutch that Will
not release properly, causing the gears
10 spin. First, the failure may be In
the condition Of the teeth OF the shift
ing members. When these have be-
come buried over on the edge they
become an improper 1T for the teeth
OF the gears with which they en-
gage.
hearings may change the distance be
tween centers OF the main and counter
gear shafts. Plain bearing gearsets
are especially susceptible TO THIS
tronble Such wear will alter the
mitch lines OF the meshing gears, pos
sibly ia such an extent that the teeth
Of one gear will stick on the, metal
side of the other below the oottom Vi
the teeth.
Proper fabrication
Gearsets, like all moving parts In
motor car that are more or less hard
TO get at, commonly suffer from I'm
proper fabrication. The oiling Oh TINS
mart should be as carefully taken care
az as the oiling of the motor ITSELF
II the gears or bearings are not TOO
badly worn noise can be reduced Dy
use of a slightly heavier grade OF oil.
possibly q mixture Of flowing oil anu
grease in a fibrous consistency.
In practically every type OF shdms
eearset now In use a flowing OIL Is
the only satisfactory lubricant. Far
too many owners, without Investigate
ing its value or harmful effects, cram
their gear boxes full of hard grease
and then wonder why they have 70
buy new gears
The principle is simply this: Hard
grease will not soften to q point Of
flowing until It Is considerably heated.
The gears cut a path in this grease
and run dry until the friction OF their
running dry has created enough heat
TO melt the grease into the teeth. In
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