The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-25
PROPER TREATMENT
Of ENGINE BEARING
HIGHLY IMPORTANT
First 500 Miles With New Car
Is the Period Of Close
Scrutiny to ProIong Motor.
Efficient Service.
COME FROM FACTORY
FITTED VERY TIGHT
pounding" Soon Beats Bah
bit Down to Proper Thick
nesS--Crank Case Should
Be Drained.


Did YOU ever study tho problems in
volved In the bringing up OF little turk
eys? ] don't know much about II my.
self, confesses Ernest Coler In a recent
issue of Motor Life. but every time see
A chap tearing along in brand new
car l am reminded Of old Uncle Ezra,
out In Dubuque, Iowa, who, between
mouthfuls of tobacco juice delivered
himself thus Them there 'ut fors
they's ten days old, good night After
that you got TO kill them with an AK
Whatever philosophy can be ex-
dom may be applied TO the treatment OF
your new car. The ponderous loco
motive travelling on ideally smooth rails
and the automobile you drive over the
boulevards Of our large cities ana over
r'Uncle Sans cursed country roads are
different mainly in that the former Is
attended by a carefully trained and e.
ficiency proved engineer, whlie me
motorists chief qualifications for inc
Job OF an automotive engineer geheraily
are those of successful soap manuiac-
turer.
cars monetary value may be II ~ Wen
TO bear In mind that mechanically =,
car is no better than Its bearings. Win
the exception OF fabrication the most
important factors involved IN the sauS-
factory operation OF an automoblle are
the bearings And It is the bearings
that In a new ear are apt 10 refuse to
be Imposed upon before they are pro-
periy introduced to their arduous
duties.
Fitted Closely.
At the factory engine bearings are
fitted very carefully, Tho JOB Itself u
not one TO be undertaken by novice
1T Is painstaking work even for an eN-
lpert TO obtain proper bearing surfaces
but n perfect bearing surface never. 10
a hand made job. but the result OF 9
gradual wearing-in process going on
9during the engines operation hnder
lead. In spite OF the faet that peatin ~,
'as well as shafts are finished with the
mechanical precision of exceptionally
accurate machines the final fitting %
the bcarings--ln the better cars AZ
least.-is done by hand, by the spot
ting i'm process In which q good deal
OF The SUCCESS depends on the dexterity
of Incorporation and the care with which
Tho Rabbit metal with which plain
ers4ne bearings are lined Is compress
aibia 10 a certain extent, so that after
the bearing surfaces have been nam
1tere Nv many thousands OF explosions
they take certain set with the re-
suis tnal they become measurapiy larg-
ef. This being the case, the factory
very sensibly adjusts the bearings as
close as possible, well knowing that
ithe first few hundred miles OF road
travel will open them to the proper NJ
What the motorlst should keep before
him In the first few days of his COM
panionship with the new car Is that
within the initial five hundred miles
the bearings may run hot; this apples
with particular force TO the plalh III
CINE bearings which In case OF damage
can not be reached except by the eX-
pensive process Of partially dismant-
ling tho motor. 800.
Aside from the set paop az
gree OF EIsrs smoothness that
comes Uhy frIm actual service contact
az the bearing and the SMART turning
III 1t. Before that time the, bearings
retain a certain roughness which even
the most careful scraping, spotting and
fitting can not eliminate. Even the most
generous fabrication is often unable 10
reduce tho friction thus set up TO
not involving temporary ~ ibo ea 9bo
change their cars from season to sea-
son, JUST as you would change your
spats, passing the cast-off beauty 70
q less affluent motorist, you prcoaby
needn't worry much about the manu-
facturer's advice TO give your autonno-
bile a chance to walk before compelling
ii to produce genuine speed--that u,
unless you burn your bearings out some
seventeen miles from anywhere anu
have 10 be towed behind mule, who
. In turn, Is hossed by moro or less
\chocolat -hued gentleman whose time
Suddenly becomes worth lot OF money.
II YOU are OF that ilk, the wofrylhs
rkobably will be done by the secona-
hand car dealer and ultimately by the
chan who falls heir to your procrastl-
nations. But II you are member OF
that \ much larger motoring tatully
which is the mainstay and meal ticket
~ orr American automobile industry,
the kind that treats even inantmate
machinery with consideration for the
lack Of which the most lngcniously &c
@gned and built mechanism can n9t i've Nv.
out its allotted time. then you VIII not
succumb to the temptation TO make
Avotfr butcher look "like bum Just
Eecause he tries to pass you on the way
ITO the roadhouse where "Mumm Is
1he word,
NDrain Frequently.
1t IL an excellent plan not only TO
drain the crankcase of all oil after the
FIRST 200 miles, but to WASH srn tne e'i Tbc
desirability Of this step becomes evil
dent when It Is considered that IN
NanrRnd new engine small particles on
knetal are shaken off whlGh iall lnIo
the oil base and are carried into pear
hngs together with the lubricant TO
guard against this danger. the drained
@ngine base should be filled with gal
hon OF kerosene. After that the engine
fI iroesu nv W means OF the electric starter,
hhe ignition switch, OF course, being
S'off,'' so as to prevent the starting OF
The motor In this fashion the kefo-
Nene Is distributed all through the ~
bricating system and whatever minute we
6netal particles are encountered are leu
~ the bottom Of the crankcase, from
(which they emerge when the latter j.
finally drained OF the kerosene anu,
Z After the engine base has been tlliea
with new lubricant the electric starter
khould again be made to turn the motor
over a half dozen times for the purpose
M distributing the new OIL over inc
Various bearing surfaces.
: Whenever you are inclined to grumble
~ ths occasional necessity for hus-
banding your engines power resources
Remember that one single railroad en-
Isdne, huge and powerful as II Is docs
Sot pun you all the way from New YORK
40 Chicago; the job is attended 20 by
\ half dozen locomotives, which 80 INTO
roundhouses every few hundred miles
q be groomsd adjusted and an ,G gsps otSSr
hsnd stsys with YOU from the jourp-
ev's beginning to the end. whether the