Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-17 | Page 35 | 'Check Up' on Wheel Alignment Expert Tells Now to Make Test

I Check Up Upon on mn Wheel Alignment f w. w Expert Tells How to Make Test Now that the call of ot the tho open road drive Is on and the spring touring season Is la fairly launched in Utah it Is well for the motorist to check up on his car and see lee that everything t Is in order for tor the strenuous strenuous strenuous ous Seeing Utah campaign ahead of ot W him Here a are some 1 items t that should o bf be kd 1 gt I Ch checked before fO the tho spring g touring ri season s begins in order that the tho motorist shall Rhall have the full tull enjoyment of ot the touring days without the worries sometimes coincident coincident coincident coin coin- I with them First check up on the wheel alignment of ot your car That is one factor that is too I often orten overlooked by the motorist and It Is Isone Isone Isone one of ot most Important in the upkeep of the tho car Jamming the car up against the tho curb has a tendency to push the wheels out of line and that means trouble trouble trou trou- ble blo eventually unless it is taken care of or The defect Is usually noticeable by tire Ure wear and difficulties in steering A quick way to test the wheel alignment alignment alignment align align- ment is to turn the steering wheel until one of ot the front wheels appears to be lined up with its rear wheel Then standIng standing stand stand- ing some fifteen feet In front of ot the car I I note how the other front wheel to line up with its corresponding rear w wheel e The front wheels should toe In slightly I that is la Is the front sides of ort these wheels wheel s are set n a quarter to an eighth o of a II I closer to each mch other than b rearward sides Tho wheels have havo I dency 14 ncy to spread when the car cat Lion If It tho the front axle Is tipped 1 backward the tho Car ear will have a a. tende lean to one ono side or the other ner tins has S been turned rather ahead h Sa a as it s should henet r It t Is sa that this axle should bo be inspects ri righted If IC It requires it I While tho the rear wheels do not I get et line lino in the tho same way as the tho front them Is often bent by a a. skid kid bent axle ott often n causes a a. r b hp attended to stun ato this thill ton too should