Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-16 | Page 10 | Try This to Stop Brake Chattering

TRY THIS TO STOP . BRAKE CHATTERING One of the common trouble encoun-tered encoun-tered In the brake aseemhly Is a tendency to chattering, which l eitremely annoy Ing. This la generally Induced by a deposit de-posit of burned oil en the bands, and It may generally be cured by applying hot kerosene oil to the parts. If thin doe i not serve the only remedy Is to burn off ! the depoalts with a blow torch Ths i operation la carried out by removing the 1 bands and snaking them In a"! ne pyer-"night pyer-"night and then applying the torch. The propeller abaft brake la peculiarly liable : to thla trouble, aa. If the transmission 'case contains a little too much oil, the excess lubricant la thrown through the shaft brushing on to the bands. If sn application of graphite Is used Instend 1 of oil for lubricating tho brake bands It j will lessen this trouble. ; Spring washers should never be used In connection with connecting rod ends 1 or with main bearing bolts, because these washers have a habit of snapping- In two on occasion, thereby leaving the nut loose. The beat method of lock ins; these parts la with castellated nuts and aplit