Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-11-19 | Page 35 | Ford Springs Must Stand Severe Strain

fORD ORD SPRINGS MUST V STAND SEVERE STRAIN I Ir It t t r Subjected to Weight eight and c 9 tv Vibration Strain at F Factory Fac- Fac I aci ac- ac 1 i l tor tory y Before Installing Imagine Ima lne Ine a load of ct 2100 pounds on your rear roar motor car springs Inflicted t la Its pressure strokes at tho the rato of Per er minute and to the tho extent of ot strokes in all I No 1 automobile springs ever have to stand eland such a test teat in actual driving onI on I I an any road yet ct this Is IA the sort of or factory fac fac- tory test that all nIl Ford J springs arc are arcT T Put Dut to both Loth rear and front springs L And nt at each cach stroke tho thu spring Is ls forced more Moro than straight out If Ie given a rest at intervals als and oiled the front springs 1 will il stand strokes They rhey will Bland stand continuously Ford ord springs are ah also o given the 01 Ol- ion fori weight test in a machine that rc reg- reg liters aters tho tin amount of ot compression for the tho weight tho the spring carries Stand Stand- J lord and measurements measurements' are arc taken under a L load lORd of ot ottOO tOO pounds and the spring Ih shows hows a compression of three fourths ot of an inch for foa each additional i pounds Weight can be added until J t the e rear B spring airing is fi straightened out or even eyen concaved cd the other way nn and when the ne el weight ht J la is removed tho the spring reto re- re to Its exact measurements i- i f l ford or 1 springs withstand those extra- extra severe severo endurance and weight s j t lest because because e the they are arc mad mad madu of It the ther eer 9 b best beat tian Vanadium T n steel tempered b byr by r ih h 0 Ford Font treating heat operations orr o lach r ach loaf leaf Is heat treated to 1540 15 de deGrees de- de crees Grees anti anil formed and quenched in Iu oil Tho JOO leaves are then repeated reheated to degrees s and arid annealed for Cor twelve minutes miner min min- er utes Simplicity of oC design n material r Jr tre treatment and thorough testing thus in insures ures th durability an and great r- r nock absorption hock absorption powers the powers the latter lattal t latter lo the secret ecret of ot ellS easy rl riding i if f