Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 25, 1924, Page 18

saesbit pidgatins Eebsereatey rs PAGE FOUR, ~ Live News of Motordom in This Section| . ae: to Care for it~ Condition of Brakes Should Be Checked Up Now Although tho steering gear ant units on the whole car, it is a fact that few owners give them the thirty minutes attention nould receive about every 600 y or Brake adjustments are so easy to make that there is no excuse for any driver who has an accident because his brakes refused to act at the oritical en After thoroughly cleaning and lubricating all conn tic t into the driving sea push the service brake pedal in out to make sure that it comes back promptly when you take your f brake pedal. Do the with the emergency or lever If there 4s ess or sluggishness in of the brakes, some shaft or connection is binding, and you will have to go over all of them carefully to fin dout which one it is. In the case of brakes that have shafts going through a tube at any point, you will often find that on account of lack of lubrication, water and grit has worked into the tube, rusting up the shaft, so causing it to bind and stock. ¥ an try freeing by squirting kerosene or pene tratin goil) into the tube If thi does not free it up then you will have to disconnect the brake rods and pull out the shaft and clean and lubricate it thoroughly. EXTERNAL BRAKE ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN BRAKE and brakes are two of the most import- TESTING CLEARANCE, | ses up the ends of the band, then adjust up screws E just enough to pre- vent Uning rubbing on the drum, then turn in adjusting screw F to complete adjustment. INTERNAL BRAKE ADJUSTMENTS AOSUSTMENT SCREWS E~ Be very careful in making brake adjustments not to tighten the brake the ake certain brakes fully releases turn frec If the lin 0 that the rivets of the brake drum, ngs will haye to be bands too much or when the the wheels worn s face ings are rubbing the new brake 1 fitted. brakes will | that | (Next Week—How hing and F ee st to Stop Brakes wling Today a director of the firm she entered twenty years girl ng a W ings a k, the cdreer of M Florence May Sharp, an English woman, has been a romance of en deavor. She entered the employ of a firm of mill-owners near Birming- ham as a wrapper. She quickly showed her ability for more impor: tant work, and now has been elected the firm's boa Van's Filling Station receivir nf a few shill wee If all connections work freely, then eat you caneproceed to check up andj|Conoce and Texas Gasoline if necessary adjust the’ brakes prop Texaco, Polarine and erly Fir jack up both wheel Mobile Oils and them if they are ‘ ° type First Greases external br | apace of the thick:| AN lemite Cups, all sizes th brak lining and the if there is more than this. . . pin at ijustment and turn until can just inse: the . ‘ {reel cen the lining and Civmer Spotlights Now ¢ e bottom E.ison Mazda Lamps t 1 ening the nut B down untl nave the | Spark Plugs lower half of the brake adjusted. Complete the adjustment of the band by turning down adjusting Shaler Vulcanizing Kit nut A until top half of the band is set correctly This nut generally locks itself every half turn. If you * . ly, you will have a maximum clear ance between the brake lin and adiator and Motormeter arun the thickness at all points Caps Th nal or emergency brakes | v and can generally ening the brak st see th released the them pin fro! t the | Jnitiat Motometer Caps Evverready Service | tar Gas Tepk Caps, fit Any Car” | Kelly Tires. and Tubes Federal Tires and Tubes Courteous and Quick Service Open fro Sunday Phone McKinley and Yellowstone 1406 Dented Fender mashed Ru RESTORED TO A.-1 COST Kemmer's Body 432 W. Yellowstone IT’S TOUGH To Smash a Fender E SYMPATHIZE AND OFFER OUR HELP Crushed Bodies nning Boards SHAPE AT LITTLE TO YOU and Fender | Phone 2670 ago as a mill-| Buick Pilots Southern Tour sgupee Investigation of automobile acct- dent and fatality causes took an important turn this week as the result of a request made to all car owners throughout the country by the American Automobile assocla- tion following conferences on the subject of safer motoring with rep- resentatives gf the numerous na- tional organizations. now studying the situation. It is the opinion of A. A. A. of- ficials that present concentration of thought upon the subject of acct- dent prevention by representatives of such national bodies will do much to cut the swelling accident list but that real progress can be had only through the willingness of each in- dividual car owner and driver to consider the subject as one of per- sonal interest. The | Arizona . “at the tour is completed ac-| consisted of dozens of cars of all [ener EL PAso; tbc se : Fearing that the car owner may El Paso Herald automobile tour,| cording to schedule the cars will re-| classes from the cheapest to the| take a notion to “let George do it,” which has attract ‘eat deal of} turn to this city on the night of| most expensive makes. President Thos. P. Henry of the attention throughout the country,| May 2 The tour is being piloted by a six-| a. A. A. advises all affiliated auto uccessfully started today on a| ‘The tour was thrown open to alt| cylinder Bulck 1924 touring ear, the] clubs throughout the country to mile journey touching the|owners of cars, including dealers|same which acted as pathfinder on a states of Texas w Mexico, and! and manufacturers, and the caravan! preliminary survey of the route. The Chandler, driven by Juan A Malcolm, and competing against a road was deserted, and they had field of 12 American and foreign Horn Blown By but a few ‘minutes, cars, established a new record of Then suddenly, to their joy and 4 hours 26 minutes 52 seconds. bewilderment, ihe loud clectric A number of victories’ also have \laxon “horn began to :sound, been won in Sweden gince the first It Fate Saves the Lives of Couple NEW RECRDS ABROAD attracted the attention of men of the year, the Chandler having working. in a neighboring field, won first prize at Lidkoping on and M. Dutasta and his chauffeur February 10, first at Amal on were rescved just in time. An investigation proved that as Although it is not built for a race February 24 and first at Boras on 20. —| the car sank lower into the mud | ing car and the factory never en- PARIS.(By Mail to Unit the electric push which operates | courages speed contests, the Chand: Press.)\—The cry of an inanima the horn had come into contact ler co ses >! y whe 1 reas )—The ory of an inanimate | sa atone, ‘and the pressure |" continues to pile up new recerds|| Wana Filling Station eae ¢ by a. Pape the disew febing: In contests held in foreign countries. |! 1 cr AND TEXAS GAS hands, saved the lives of M. Paul $= The most ‘race! Shale Dutasta. former French ambas. Spe beeeiaera en sien eR OILS AND GREASES sador to Switzerland, and in 1919 | Emanuel Lasker, the famous|ti° Chander is the Canang of mat || R.N. Van Sant Motor Sales séc general to the Peace | chest master, was a boy of 15 when |Piice in the Otono (Argentina) Cir- McKinley and Yellowstone conference nd his chauffeur, |he first began to attract attention | °°" 2) ty rong event 4 Leyes oe Phone 1406 who-were pinned under their auto: |as a great player, and he was only |(,“n0ual road even 1 Argent ia mobile in an accident near 1 24 when he won a championship in Sam Eh England, followed by that of Amer- and that} A jolt caused the car *o skid and it) fell Into a ditgh fen in the following year Upside down. ‘The chauffeur whs. [Of the world in 1896, when he was | Battery Charging Repairing pinned beneath it with water up | under to his chest. M. Dutasta'’s head RR GERIRES Our Specialty and shoulders were outside, but No perfect loom has yet beer in | he was pinned down and helple: The two men saw that the car was sinking lower and lower into the mud. ‘They shouted, but the vented that will tie the Oriental knot mechanics though millions of doliars h n spent in expert menting to this end W. B. SANDS BATTERY STATION 430 W. Yellowstone Phone 1692 HEVROL a a [xan ay Chevrolet should be your choice BECAUSE— Chevrolet is a quality car with all the essential equipment of a modern automobile and provides satisfactory service, comfort, styleand economy. It averages the lowest cost per mile of any car made, including purchase price and all operating and maintenance charges. Note well the quality features listed below. Compare this car, item by item, with any other, and you, too, will agree that Chevrolet delivers the utmost per dollar of price. 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If you apply them in the same way you do on 4 dry road, it locks the wheels and you loose all control of the car and there is prac- tically no braking effect all. Don’t get excited, apply the brakes gently and if the car starts to skid, steer in the direction of the skid until you fee] you have control again, then steer as usual. Do not suddenly jerk tho steering’ wheel one way or the other for this also starts skidding. urge upon their members the need for close attention to the accident prevention study now being made at confererves of national bodies. Nothing would be more disastrous to this comprehensive plan of safe: guarding motoring America, it 1s declared, than to have car owners themselves {imagine that the na- tional organizatiors can solve the problem without ‘the assistance of the automobile driver. It is pointed out that while the national organizations are in a position to bring the motorist's safety problems to the attention of those who will be able to aid directly in the work of eliminating accident causes, the motorist’s part in the SEND IT To THE matter is still of primary impo PEARL WHIT LAUNDRY tance. has Free From Even Minor Adjustment Needs Everywhere you go you find the good Maxwell noted and praised for its economical, care-free service. A wonderfully engineered car, produced by a power- ful organization that Imows how to build fine cars at phenomenally low costs. We sincerely believe that you will not find such goodness and such econ- omy, such riding and driv- ing ease, at anywhere near the good Maxwell price. The motor is free from common minor adjust- ment needs. Both transmis- sion and rear axie are strong enough for a truck. And the car is a flash in traffic. An unusually good car, every way. We are pleased to extend the convenience of time- “payments. 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