Washington County News | 1924-10-09 | Page 6 | Do not Employ Heat to Straighten Steel

Do Not Employ Heat 1 to Straighten Steel 5 If through some mishap some v 5 of the steel parts of the chassis. 5 2 such as the rear axle tubes or S 5 front axle, become bent, do not S S use heat to straighten them, be- g 5 cause these parts are all care- 5 $ fully heat treated, and If heated 6 for straightening they are likely g S to have the effects of their ac- 5 cura: heat treatment nullified. V K This will result in materially I? weakening the parts so that they S are apt to be incapable of with- $ 3 standing the strains put upon a them. $ The best way is to straighten 5 5 such parts cold, but if the hends $ g are too great this cannot be S j done. In extreme cases of this $ 5. kind the best thing to do is to $ ship the affected part or parts $ S to the factory for straightening. 2 H 5