Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30
BY BARNEY OLDFTELD
(In Los Angeles Times,)

up es an ao'hoi
on automopiie topics TO try and give
the general motoring public some
helpful advice on how to get the most
c,,t oe +hair o.rs b hs
:" Ae"'
ahaany questiohs IN regard TO the
Hotchliss drive. Most of those who
ask me about this innovation in mod =
ern desigr ssa,,, 20 ;n.ri,o +. a.,
"o-Ai ee"i Vi 'he very ia'es'
IN rear axles. 1 have tried to answer
the questions, but brevity of space ha 6
prevented me- fro,,, bo;,,o wow, o,,o,;o;+
So T have dec.ded 70 ri,,o ,o,,nIoto
article to the uotchl,iss dri,,o - -
certainly worthy of tho snooa 70, !,
has come to find a n,aca oon move ,l,,,,
half the cars in usa IN tbi, oor,,.r,, a.,
dsv
Now LOT mo COW {, tba firs+ ,,,oo
that tho uotchkiss ari,o &. rot . niooo
Of n,eohan;s,, h,,+ ,rinoi,,,a ~
rather mntbod Of ocoon,n,i,birr na,4,i,,
raoessary ands D., ~, ,,, ,,r,.,o.,
of narts are elin,ino+.d oltoga,hor
from tho obas;s ~, r,ol,i,o az
snrinps shoulder do,,b,o vel, :. e.
nosSib1a 70 dis,a,so ,,,i+h a,.i1.
able number of ,oipor n,r+s u,h;Io
greatly simplifving tho desig, ,,,biob
is an ond dear IN tho a,,u;,,oo,i,,,.
heart Naturally 70 n. ,b1o 70 bo,,l1e
This double work IN. snrirrs To- 80
he strenrthened and nrn,a,,,,
signed for the seryica den,,n5oa of
them.
The Hotchkiss drive hoe had r..ber
m adventurous o.rao, ,,,d - a,,+roo+.,
nothing from II 70 COZ, +bo+ II !, A.,
erica, IN dosign o,,d ,,,,,o,,+io,, 49,,
back in 1900 an An,o,,ioan oroiroar
named Hotchkiss hit u,,o,, tbis scho,,o
of pett;n, alone yitboI,+ oor+,i,, ,,a,.+e,
that had a1v,vs hoe, corsi,lorod o,
sential and maxine tbe snrincs do
their worl, Mee+inc, With scart ,t+a,,
tion in This country Hotcbl,iss 40
parted To France and was nro,,ntIy
hailed nv the LOGICAL F,ren.b ansinaa,s
ms a real benefactor nv idao w., -,
mediate recopnition ord a ZOO ~ CO
later be built y cor Known +ho
Hotchkiss which ,yos ir,no,+ad i,,to
this country in conside,.obIa o1,a,ti
ties. And for many ,,aars +bose Ao.cb
k;ss c.re y,oro az or,I,, - -. -.
country embodving tho DIVA irvertnd
bv tba mol,or
AS a of f,1
than ton ,;ears fo,. tbo od,,o,,tn,a,. -
the Jotcbkiss drive 70 ri,,I, ~, az
minds of oIr enginoorS T., 1o1o 49,
principle found n Mace on fou,
chassis Rv 1919 , ro,,sidornbro 49,,
her of cars were usir., - ood i, 1aIo
Il came into it's own hainer nsaa -,
more than half the cars nn+ o,Jt t,at
wear. At the nresept ti,,o roa,I,V
plov the Hotcbkiss drive Indood - l..
hard to see how 81 Ioo.tc,l and si,,r1e
a method of handIino ,ybat nod haa,,
q difficult problem failed ia meet with
the instant approval If deserved Rnt
that happens with many excellent
ideas in tho rnechoric,I fio11
When we come to strip the Hotch-
kiss drive of its Technical TRAININGS
we find that it simnIv inyoIvrs +rans-
hitting the propulsivo mower tbro,Ic,b
the springs instead of throueb radins
rods and other minor parts as used 70
be the custom. In addition to trans
hitting the power the springs are
called upon TO absorb tbo torn,,o ~,
twist of the rear axle assembly
You see the rear axla assen,hl,. ig
peculiarly liable to twist because of its
position and function in tho ,ba,.i-,
Even when the car is being driven
straight ahead there is certain
amount of rear axle twist whenever
the speed of the car is changed, some
thing that is constantly occurring.
When the brakes are applied there is
still more of this twisting tendency.
In breaking the wheels are suddenly
stopped, while the rest of the car tends
to go ahead as it was before, which
simply complies with inertia. On the
other hand, when the car is being
started the rear axle develops a ten
dency to turn backwards, a movement
that ma yactually be seen going on
In cases where the springs are unusu-
ally flexible.
Now in cars employing the Hotch-
Kiss drive all these various axle