The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-10-02
RATTLE FOUND IS
A RATTLE CURED
Writer Tells How Sounds May
Be- Eliminated TO Com.
fort OF All.

The more expsnsive a car Is the
longer you expect IL TO run without
rattlesA Yet II 10 possible with even
the lowest priced oars " keep the
rattlss out II you viii but catch them
as they appear, They will come one
by Que, aud IL they are caught In the
same Inaaner they win not be nearly
SO hard TO remove as they would De
AZ they are allowed to accumulate In
a troublesome chorus before they are
stopped, writes A. L. Loomis Ia Motor.
A rattle found Ia . rattle half cured
The most difnoult part OF faint but
annoying squeak or rattle on the car
is to locate IT, Once IL Is really found
there are generally a dozen effective
ways Of curing II that anyone can use.
Service men who have been working
with Q certain make OF oar for some
time can locate q noise nine times out
OF ten merely by hearing the sound.
They know just whore the vulnerable
points OF each car are, and by know
ing them thoy can 70 right to them
when the teii-tsie sound IL heard.
There are various points about cars
which arc trouble makers, regardless
of the make of the car. On some types
one Will not give trouble, while the
others will, but as general rule
these points arc tho weak spots into
which the little noise imps insert
their tuning forks, much TO the dis
comfort of passenger or driver. IL
these are known IL will help many a
car owner to get busy and clean up
some of THE squeaks and ratties
which have bothered him for many
weeks.
In the nrst place, neglected
grease cups are naturally sources of
trouble. THIS need hardly be men
toned but as IL Is fact that many
cars 20 500 miles and more between
times of attention to the grease cups.
perhaps this little note may put
bee in the bonnet Of some drivers.
You are stabbipg yourself In me
pocketbook IL you do not turn up the
grease cups on the important part
of the chassis every 100 miles IT
you wait for the parts which are tit
ted with the grease cups TO squeak
before you pay attention to them, you
are far, far too late.
START AT FRONT END.
To get to the squeaks and ratpes
which are troublesome and annoying,
but not otherwise Of any great I'M
portance, let us start from the front
end OF the car and work back.
First we strike the useful but
oftentimes noisy stove bolt which is
employed on perhaps majority OF
cars to fasten the tenders TO the
frame of the car. These bolts wlli
sometimes work loose and allow the
fender to weave against the frame
giving the etal-to-metal scrape that
means a squeak. The cure is simple
Just keep the nuts tight. If they
have a habit of working loose, put
spring washers behind them.
hA1 Wi
loose. This applies to the nuts at the
bottom of the radiator which fasten
it to the frame, and also to the nut
at the top, if there is one, on the rod
which holds the hood in place. Loose
ness at these points not only means
noise. but will often give vibration
that Is felt throughout the car, max
ing the motor seem rough and out of
balance. Loose lamps do the same
thing. and so do other loose parts At
tached to the chassis, such as the
horn. Oftentimes the bolts holding
the motor to the frame will come
loose, and these give the engine a
roaring. out-of- balance sound that
tells the practiced ear just where the
trouble is.
Rattles in the brake linkage and
other parts under the car can be
found by shutting off the engine and
allowing the car TO coast in neutral
gear. If someone stands or sits on
the running board while the driver
does this, many sounds that have
been difficult Of location will be read
lily found. These link rods are
typical example of noise that will
often defy the efforts of the driver 20
find while another person sitting on
the running board or outside the car
will
Body squcaks are prevented by the