Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-25
MINIMIZING CLUTCH WEAR

MINIMIZING CLUTCH WEAR
Always let in the cluth very grad
ually. especially at starting the car
and do not speed the engine unneces'
sarily during engagement. Never
try to climb very difficult hill, on
high gear by slippingsthe clutch and
racing the engine. but change to a
lower gear as soon as the engine slows
down toward the laboring point.
Never try to pick up speed, when
car is almost stopped. by allowing the
clutch to slip on high gear. but throw
into second or. In extreme cases, into
low gear and let the clutch in posi-
lively. Don't slow down the car by
partly disengaging the clutch, but ac-
complish this by closing the throttle
way clutch operation, keeping it either
fully engaged or disengaged, except
| at the moments of starting from rest
and after gears have been shifted.
| Never drive with the foot upon the
| clutch pedal. at least with pressure
enough to start tho throw-out me-
chanism into action. Start the car
only in low gear. unless it is headed
down a grade along which it will
move practically of its own weight,
under which circumstances second or
even high gear may be started on. II
the clutch begins to slip of itself when
| the car is climbing a steep hill,
| change to a lower gear at once and
have the required adjustments made
| Immediately to restore its holding
power. Do not hold tho clutch out
! longer than necessary when the en-
gine Is running and the car is still
or when the car Is coasting. Take
! great care as to the fabrication of the
clutch bearings particularly the thrust
+ bearing and disengaging mechanism.
In the case of metal disc clutches. be
sure that the required amount OF oil
! of the recommended quality Is sup
piled as often as called for and that
the old oil is rinsed out Keep oil
out of dry disc clutches and wash
them out occasionally. as directed.
Maintain the leather of cone clutches
in condition by applying the recon-
mended band dressing once In while.
QUICK WEARING GENERATOR
BRUSHES
J. n. writes: am having trou-
BILE with the brushes on my generator.
set that. put on only two weeks
ago are worn down so that 7 shall
had tho commutator turned up to
mako 4, smooth. What Is the cause
for this?
Answer: Unless you put on brushes
of tho size and quality recommended
by tho manufacturer of the generator.
very rapid wear would be expected.
There are brushes of very poor quality
on the market and, II you got hold OF
n set OF these or are using brushes of
smaller cross section than intended.
tho unsatisfactory results are easily
explained Brushes bought thru the
manufacturers service station are
saf, proposition. Too heavy spring
pressure on the brushes will result I'm
rapid wear. After having tho arma-
ture In tho lathe. WAS tho commutator
surface snoothcd up carefully with
tho file and s,ndpapcr. all sharp fins
removed and the brushes sandpapcrcd
to n bearirg7 II there is anything
wrong about the generator. so that
II sparks heavily the life of the brush
es will be shortened.
v. McE. writes: Recently. In trying
70 avoid collidlns with another car.
I ran mine sidcw!sc into n stone curb.
hard enough SO that tho tire was
burst. hu. could sec no other dam
age still. notice that steering n
no, 30 easy rs before the accident.
what. II anything was disarranGcd
and how can Il hc set rightf
Answer. Presumably tho steering
arms to which the tic-rod arc con-
noc,ea wcro ono or both OF them bent.
SO that the front wheels point to-
r~.hor instead ~ in nearly parallel