Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-23

cylinder simply by new. rings, as the
| cylinder will be found so badly worn as
to require refinishing. This means all
| cylinders must be treated likewise.
| Dear Barney Oldfield: l have
four cylinder truck and the differen-
tial has too much play. You can jack
| it up and take hold of both ends of
the axle and pull it out about half an
| inch. / would like to know if the
rear part needs adjusting. When l
drive on rough road both rear wheels
bounce. This is wearing the thread OF
the tires down.. F. 6. Jr.
I do not know what you mean when
axle out one-half inch If the axle
shafts have any end play at all the
whole rear end should be taken apart.
There is undoubtedly differential bear
ing wear in addition to wear in other
parts. This condition has nothing 10
do with the rear wheels bouncing
You must drive more slowly over rough
spots. 1t is quite possible also that
differential action is being interfered
with so that one rear wheel slides on
turns and over rough spots.
Dear Barney Oldfield: / have read
your articles every week for n long
time and they have saved me many dol
lars. As I overhauled by car recently
and it is working fine, thanks to your
information.
/ only have one thing to make com
plete my pleasure in motoring, and
that is tires. l bought two standard
makes of tires. and although | have
not run them over one thousand miles,
both are starting to go bad The rub
Der is cracking all along both sides.
One tire has several large blisters. The
dealer ] bought them from, tested
them and said both had less than 81
pounds They stood up all right but
he said that | had been running on
under inflated tires. He also told me
he saw in a motor book an advertise
ment of an air gauge that is put right
on the valve stem so could tell at d
glance what your air pressure is. Will
you kindly let me know if the dealer
was correct, and where l can get set
of these gauges ?-E. K. G.
The dealer is quite right. The bis
ters. giving the tread n hilly appear
ance indicate the tire has been run
underinflated You ought to check tire
with gauge. which you get at any sup
ply store Gauges for permanent at
tachment that whistle or indicate pres
sure also may be had from supply
houses.
Dear Barney Oldfield: Please tell
me how TO properly set the front
wheels of n Ford car so that they run
in proper alignment-T J.
Remove the bolt at one end of the
tie rod and turn the threaded yoke
either to right or left until the dis
tance between the wheels in front is
3-S inch less than the distance between
wheels at the rear. Take your meas
urements between opposite points on
the rims. The 3-S inch is called the
wheel toein.
Dear Barney Oldfield Please tell me
what the trouble is with my car. When
| shift gears from second to high they
work freely and / can hardly hear the
noise. but when | get in traffic and
want to change back from high to
second gear they make such a terrible
noise that ] think the next time the
gears will surely break.
My ear has been used only two
summers. | never run ii in the win
ter 1t has been run less than 5000
miles-E. F. b.
If you have previously shifted back |
to second without clashing | would say
the trouble is caused by
l. A spinning clutch,
> A badly worn second speed gear, |
g. Worn mainshaft or countershaft |
bearings.
If. however. You never did shift
noselessly try accelerating the engine
slightly just as you shift down. that is,
at the same time that you shift touch !
the accelerator very lightly to increase
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