Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1923, Page 64

{ BEGIN WITH RULES ON ‘BRAKES’ Strictness in Adjustment and Handling Urged in First Instructions to Public by Council—Experience Valuable. Satety lessons for &river in the District of Columbia, prepared and distributed by the Washington Safety Council, and used | ]y f | in the instruction school of the coun- | etl, will be printed in The Star. The first lesson deals with the use and care of brakes. Reud this and pre- serve life and limb: 1. The brakes should be tested each day. the garage make throwing out the clut the brakes. If possible, spot for muking this Under no circumst car be taken farther if are not operating properly. service test and app seled service by ing a dry test. the brakes Drive back to the garage and see that the | brake it is necessar; faults are out again 2. Automobile brakes have u definite relation to safety. Important points are: corrected before driving a. See that a good type of brake lining is sted b. Mal properly Instalie c. Keep the brakes ing condition d. Make frequent tests for proper that brake lining is in good ope o _thic such linings and necessitate Sustment. Good E woven with plenty of as «; some also have fine copper wire woven in. constant ad- 4. Only an experl me should instali brake linings. He should be sure the lining is properly stretched to avoid wrinkling. The rivets should be properl sunk; otherwise Tivets will tha brakes m 5. To keep th attion: & Once in two months remove th rear wheels and wash the brake lin- ing in kerosene. This removes all oll and grease, which, if takes the “bite” out of the bral Never oil brake lining. b. Brakes squeak whe; glazed or when improperl Squeaking removing wh brake lining e If the brake 1 to the rivet sink th Zarther or have the brakes r 4. Wipe oft & oil the tmechanism every 500 miles, or at least once a month, Make regular systematie brake snepection & habit. The loss of i tter pin might lead to a serlous ac cldent. When a lock washer s rc moved, don't put it back; use a new one, 6. More accldents result from faulty “adjustment or application of >1d_pr brakes in good con- with the automobile | should not drag; if they do they will heat up and be worn down unneces- sarily. Brakes should not be too loose; loose brakes do not act quick- enough, Different adjustments are made for different types of bralces: a. On the shaft brake thero is a nut on the ke band which can be adjusted to make the brake neither too tight nor too loose. Brake rod {can be turned either to right or left Before going half a block from | | | | matted & }the | the th to make it proper lengh for efficlent use of brake. b. On axie or wheel drum brake, where cqualizer is used, apply brake when engine is still. Adjust equalizer until it is parallel with axle. c. On external type of wheel drum nces should the | brake tighten or loosen adjusting nut on brake band, length of brake rods. d. On internal type of wheel.drum to remove rear wheels. Adjust cam plates and ad- justing nuts, also equalize length of Lrake rods. Teat Every 1,000 Miles. After the brakes are adjusted S0 they are nelther too tight nor too loose, they should be tested every 000 miles, or a least once a month, re that the braking power | divided between the two and equalize s, skid, not only becauso of streets, but also because of unequal atvi of braking power. Jack up vour rear wheels and apply brake far enough so that {t is just to turn wheel by hand. Ad- ike on other wheel so e TEY is required to turn the wheel by hand. Do vou apply vour “on the road"? When coming to a stop on a aightaway ~hut off the gasoline nd leave the cluteh engaged 3 efore you come to a stop; this method of stopping is especially advisable in wet weather because it lessens the tendency of the car to It also helps to distribute the ng power equally, and _assists action of the brakes. Do not shut off the lgnition until after vou have stopped: it may be necessary to make o quick start. Find out the idling speed maintained by your car when' the gasoline throttle is closed, then never except in emergency cases, try to use your brakes when the clutch {3 enguged and the car is elower than the {dling kes prop- Down Grade Advice. going down an ordinary hill, h er d” close >tile. This helps cool d aleo makes it un- use the brakes. It is able to turn off the this further cools the to the braking power. (b) T leave elu e th tch engine and adds I ending ordinar hills with a 4, put the gears in inter- mediate or low speed at the top of the hill and leave the clutch engaged. Shut off the gasoline throttle, and, if desirable, turn off the ignition switch. going down steep hills or}) (d) In ordinary driving do not use the brakes oftener than necessary brakes than from any other cause. iz regulate the speed of the car as much drivers should keep the adjusted properly. Brakes THE COUPLE OUT FROM THE EAST WHO TAKE THEIR FIRST MOTOR RIDE OVER A MOUNTAN TRAW- JUST AFTER A HEAVY RAN STORM— If the car is equipped with & foot throttle use it in preference to the throttle. This leaves the hands o operate the gears and the steering wheel, (e) In making an emergency stop, leave the clutch engaged, apply ths foot brake, and pull the hand brake, but do not lock the wheels. Keep the wheels rolling; otherwiss there is danger that the car might slide or skid. (Copyright, 1928, National Safety Council.) Put ’Em Out Right. Never permit passengers to alight from the left-hand doors of tho car. A lot of people have a habit of step- ping out into the street, thereby en- dangering themselves and putting the owner of the car in an unfortunate position. A driver can always dls- courage this dangerous practice by making it a habit to swing open the right doors when he atops. The pas- ngers unconsciously alight the as possible by the use of the throttle. s “right” wav. 'AUTO SHOW OPENS DOORS NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT Annual Spring Exhibition Expect- ed to Draw Motorists to Convention Hall. Washington motorists are eagerl. {awaiting the opening of the third |annual spring automoblle show, which | begins next Saturday night at Con- | vention Hall. The 1923 spring exhibi- [ tion is to ba held under the auspices {of the Washington Automotive Tnul Assoctation, which has promoted pre- | vious successtul auto exhibits in ‘\V-ah!nnon, Rudolph Jose {s chair- { man of the show committee. i il Fuel briquets are believed to have first been made in Germany in 1594, |but were never made or marketed commercially in the United States until about 1890. Bearings ~Eliminating Vibration At its Source The fact—that you can put the Gardner Four through its entire for the ran, “vibration point”’—is numbers of Gardner owners. Thereason—the five bearing crankshaft—re contribution to four cylinder design, wrkefr first time in this improv aily ing out ge without discovering the commonly expected i i ing known to incressing resents a notable and applied er motor. Five bearings—five points of support for a swiftly turning shaft—fioe points instead of the customary two or three t reduce vibration and wear—five giant hands, rigid in their grip t yet velvety smooth, to deliver power without whip or sideplay. What fice main crankshaft bearings mean in developin power without destructive vibration nndmin lessened wear J almost every moving engine part can be appreciated at once by anyone who Whtthcymninimpmedbehviengon the ows motor cars. all conditions of drivi be s tho i e s P e of the car. holding the crankshaft in true alignmen road under when you THE GARDNER MOTOR CO., INCG. Vehicle Builders Sincs 1882 » WAYNE SMITH & CO. 22d and M Sts. N.W. Dealer and Distributor Phone West 2007 Ien't it about time to rename some of the important units of the car|numerals s a new idea which is now | ®0 that they will mean more to|struggling for recognition. Our Motor Lexicon. | Readable License Tags. License plates with perforated It would motorists? Take the “tall light,” for | take some mud to make ons of these example. Most drivers come to know | plates unreadabl this as the “trouble light, to 1 nams, kick coming 50 why not change the motor lexicon accord- 7| tngly. For a 1ot of drivers the “accel- | numerals are read j erator” isn't very far removed from |though they were pal & “third rail,” and it might go better revised accordingly. cular There's no par- about vacuum tank” for it often lives up but surely it is time the nd that's just ore reason why they would be practical With a light background the cutout a8 on in bla And no amount of dust makes them any less readable, They havo a bi advantage over the conventional plates for night drivi light is arranged so to recognize “fenders” as “defenders” | through the cutout part REDUCTION OF GASOLINE COST IS IN HANDS OF CAR OWNER Elimination of Waste by Proper Care of Motor So as to Consume Less Fuel Seen as Biggest Factor in Fight. White motorists bemoan the high the cfficie cost of gasoline, few stop to consider | Whe that the key to the situation 13 large- | & Rt ly in their own hands. kerosens through the pet cocks wh Knowing that the law of supply |the eneine is left for the night Wi and demand usually determines the |flIMinate much of tho carbon as it price of any commodity, it i all the | The wastage of fuel caused by ths more surprising that the nation's|carbon is b cans conflned to ite automobilists ehould overlook tho |habits of n a fact that it is sheer wastsfulness on | It does its . their part which creates an excessive | valve head demand for gas and which, in turn, le feeding eack tablespoonful of ing condie tiond by impressing upon motorists v the enormity of this excessive and or which unnecessary demand for fuel, the|the owner National Motoriste Assoofation has | s will made an investigation which en- the c: the valve 3 ctic t an e |tire cylinder, whick, in the case of a urages the prediction that, unless |six-cylinder engi means A waste a new leaf, |of about 30 per of its power ana of gasoline ’ils fuel. present | An: a_ number of things erinflated tires, r- Economy Up to Owner. incs, improper eng The greatest difficulty the National Motoristy’ Assoclation Ing this wastage o tremendous gap and the result a owner does not conceive of the im ortant p his particular engin I n conserving or wasting gaso- He does not even appreciat le the proper functioning of his in cutting his own fuel i bri ents per gallon djustment of the car tter mixture of gaso found in one inA m E of a The | t jtn 1 {engine plays | costs, That is wh the National Motor- ists’ faci Association, {n presenting the reverses the pgituation by {£peaking of the results finst; why estimates the wastage of annually at an expense to motoris of $180,000,000; why it believes that | ° every car owner could save about| 4 cents per gallon; why tha prioe of gas would thud tend to decline and . vhy the individual loss of ga ne | PRat brake € are the ru through carbon-chokde engines and |on all foreign c | s casosron et 2 culan et o left out of the discuss ogy| M08 and that it {owners sense tho serio American cars situation. | estin Loas Drives Home To tell a motc 18 wasting gas h carbon doe lto remedying t T, but onc ie has a glimpse of the sum to of the nation's carelessness with re-| or spect to its motor car he raises thelbra nood and looks into the situation. | Carbon i not a vague somet jother whi jand has to ispring. 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