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Show i k DESERET EVENING NEWS , SECTION FOUR i lur BEARINGS : . RESULT WHEN OWNER DOESNT WATCH THEM BORNT-OU- 5 .& & SATURDAY MARCH S , &H, --Sr p jSttv-St- s V .' FSf - '&? ?( y- ' 'V - M AvVe-- "ss vw ?' 1015 girifa F r BIG BOOSTER OF AUTO SHIS ALL DYER LAND around so that the bearing surfaces can rub agaist each other. The effect, the world war has had Afo-- r tm ih done about a doxen In altering the" viewpoints of the peoand crankshaft the removed times the connecting rod )s InfcS ftr supporting These plain and a cloth used to remove the excess ple Is nowhere more clearly Inertlccd for the connecting rods. than at the automobile shows through, a of coloring matter from the bearing., bearings are usually composed says C. W. out tha United States, compoa babtntt bliow. with shell Spots High bronxe Franklin autofor distributor Newton, all This of the the' engine will leave Practkally high spots site Interlining. and when bearing showing, because the coloring mobiles In this, ten Kury. bearings are fn two parts, Is imbedded In the metal. In matter "Greater- u fulntis and economy form n the two are fitted together they fact, the only reison for using the the Ideal toward which designers v- Between each half are g Is to cause It to be imbedded 1. are now solid or are These the strive, andno longer Is ultra-the- n the spots of either high high spots placed shims removed by means ot a beartncfluguriousnesi'or'TiomeTreak st fe'ron- are shims proThree laminated type. sidered worthy of display. In fact. It dded so that the bearing may be propla safe to assume" that such surface to the shaft fitted erly Mranttlea are forever, qf the past. -, be case which must hardhalf tha't the that see scraptd to tt is quite easy ns may "The motor rar p uyed a most Im " on' isolated g .aenin.1 the Th,n steel shaft u show color. At ary rate. In srgaping, portant part In the world war. and tt no f watb service altogether that assigned It soft babbitt metal would generate orly ,iie color spots which remain to Continued usefulness, the place. heat that the babbitt would soon should be removed and the cutting should not be done too deeply, mere- - day In and day out, with the minimum bTTT unless the surfaces w ere cop.ouslj was the basis and a surface of called be trouble what expense might falls ly When lubrication lubricated. At the same lime the cuts on winch Its worth wa' rtekoned. and scraping and the bearing tnet.al moils we say should he cleaned, so that the metal ts anything that did not lead to this renot Ift with a number of rough spots sult was looked upon as being outside Uiat the bearing has burnt out. After scraping, tha process described the pale Rceuit of Wear. is repeated, that is, the crank pin is The impressions thus made wtTl fe also say that a beafmg knocks. colored, and the rod placed ih position. not qu ckly. If elcr. be erased, and natural of rdsull either j whirled around a few times and then that automobile builders recognise It, and this Is the lnsuffor examined and of or removed, cleaned is (shown by the car that are diswear over a long period played." lubrication for a short period fu,p01t so that oftem U dona This enough TfHanew attitude of the automoblie-iyln- g the f L,h wearing away-e- f little of babbltt'wlth tha to the I result that it docs there will be beering surfaces or Burat such cars as the Franklin advantage which, since Every spo,ts,?'t.r ,th not fit closely ito the shaft ! tts time-th- e yoartaro has Vwwy. shaft, revoltes the play nr the connecting rod will looseness in the bearing ciuses a turn freely on jt pin. It muat not be had usefulness as the guiding thought a bearwhen even though lb might knock to be heard it ts so free that It can be whirled around, of its designers, rehave seemed that the trend at Umos ing knocks that It la required to be t It a be not that .."d must ) futed, commonly called- - tahirg up gre.it (leal of effort must ght be used to was toward luxury rather thin or adjusting It. turn owners of The result is ihit today in the light There are quite a number fUbt .Scrape Crank Shaft. of a clearer' understanding of just who are able to Jo the workiL re- a do to but a will show really surface The Ideal bearing, what a motor car Is fir, the Franllin fitting bearing beinch of Company Is prepared to go ahead a high spot about every "good Job requires experience for motorist the bearing surface This process of fitwithout be nr put to the disyond that of the avers go loose ness by ting is dune with each connecting rod smoothly The mere removal of turbance and delay that must be faced lamior a to shims made an the get py motor car maniif teturers who must attempt bearing, and remoting filing nation Is not sufeoent T1h' removes, each bearing to fit with the same (hp(r farllUb and products to the play, to be sure, by elinpiy tlpht- - gre& of tightness mrrt the demand for ears thst ser It not but does Crankshaft bearings must be scraped this more fundamental purpose. emng the bearing, cause the bearing to be proper!1 fitted in the same way as connecting rod I When a bearing Is simply tightened bearings, but of course it is not a shaft, as likely as not It will sible fur an owner to remove the en- Local Youth Has . Diagram In a short time. glne from the chassis and scrap.e these rome loose again on a- - test stand. Of Motor Horn in eveiLlhQUgh-- lt Is well lubricated,-- - An crankshaft ..bearing Magazine owner in taking up bearings may The beet the owner can do is to scrape make one very tight, another loose, only the lower half of each crankshaft ot The In a recent Electrical and the rest of them perhaps adjusted or main bearing. The wise owner will scrape crankshaft bearings with Experimenter, a diagram is shown of properly d signal horn, which the connecting rods detached from a Connecting Hods Important, the shaft. In this way the exact de- - j i contributed by Briant F Rrafitlng, It. Is almost Impossible for the aver- gree son of I,. Frank Brantlng, of crankshaft bearing tightness age car owner to get perfect twnncct-tn- g can be determined, especially so if the 611 South Fifth East street. It is an rod fitting by scraping only the rod In horn In are first operated by a scraped bearings (electric signal lower half of the bearing. This is the of the shops there Is equipment tor and Is right there with a wallop, uual practice. The Ideal way to lit con- for reaming bearings and then running according to the theory The horn can necting rod bearings Is to do the work In that Is, Wealing them down .be used for auto or factory signaling when the crankshaft Is out of he en- them ft to proper fit simply by operating ; The faster the motor runs, the higher gine. When the shaft Is out of the en- the engine by means of a belt. The car the tone. gine It is set upright on a bench and owner, however, Is not in a position to each connecting rod bearing is fitted This is done as follows get reamer equipment. tng only is scraped and fitted, the separately. The crank pin or the part of the crankFitting BChrings. shafting may be slightly sprung out of g its true position. shaft that operates In the connecting Two very important points in rod bearing is spread lightly with some Another point which the owner main bearings usually are overPrussian blue or lampblack made into looked by the owner, one of these must watch is the removal of end a paste with a little oil. the of end and is the removal plav This end play may cause buckplay The connecting rod shims are then other shaft alignment. For example, ing at lJw car speed End play usually made smaller Just: a trifle, and Che if the rear bearing is not properly is a result of worn flanges, and when & flange Is badly worn it is a very difconnecting rod is placed In tts proper scraped, It is likely to throw the crankposition on the crank pin. The crank shaft out of alignment with the clutch ficult matter to overcome it except by pin connecting rod Is then turned and cause trouble. Also, If one bear- - replacing the entire bearing. All automobile engine of today with use plain bear- one or two ecption , - rel-or- -- the Nash truck line . perhaps. heightened more the that trucks, we believe, knowledge by were built by the Nash Motors Company during the war for military purposes than were produced by any other maker, . interest in THEuriusual this time is j The Nash Motors. Company built nearly thirteen thousand Nash trucks for military service; X.1?1 This preference of the Government for Nash product Tsreadily understood upon close inspection of the many superior mechanical features of Nash truck construction. j ; ! the automatic locking differentlal with which all Nash trucks are equipped. This feature, besides saving fuel ani tires, enables Nash trucks to make surer and safer deliveries with no time out because of weather or road conditions. motor-actuate- 1 -- , J For example, owners are quick to appreciate t I ! mo-so- can be made to Reasonably prompt-deliverie-s immediate buyers. flt-in- of Nash Trucks, including the famous Nash Quad , at the Show . See the full line Nash Trucks ic-To- n Two-To- n Chassis, $2175 $1650 Nash Quad Chassis, $3250 Prices F. O. B. Kenosha Chassis, PACIFIC NASH MOTOR CO. South Main Street Phone Wasatch 1401 Salt Lake City, Utah 430-3- 4 Our .Owners Know What Real Comfort Is For Hupmobife owners comfort goes beyond the unnsoariding and driving ease which they enjoy. tnuieTCfTRSvA-nuniiiMETPRicEg- They regard comfort as meaning, also, better per formance, better and more continuous service, and greater econoszy. Itls a perfectly logical thingj to a HirpmobRe IE He makes no exception, even of multi-cylind- cars. er He knows the word, service, as unbroken daily use Economy he enjoys to an extraordinary degree, in the unusual mileage he gets from gasoline and tires, the small amount of ofl he uses; and his freedom from costly repairs. .S tp V t 'ui, mhiiilfem ; C- - ' ' er . .i- -. - Slutz Garfortf Tbuclts Stephen IT Richards, President 57 State Street i On feature of truck operation During the time a motor ear ts eswhich lias jfouDd great vogue in Eu- tablishing a reputation for- - being rope, but which is believed by the thoroughly worthy and dependable. It United Btatej! Tire company to have Is interesting to observe how its used-ca- r very little chance of any general adopvalue advances, tion here Is the use of dual pneumatic An Illustration of bow - the selling tires. i price of such used cars Increases with The United States Tire company's public confidence in the company and experts are of the opinjoq that the lt Is eeeti- - in the expertenoe of larg, slngle pneumatic tire meets all R-- product A. sales manager of the Brower, the requirements, and that ihe use of the dual fire is decidedly unsound company, local distributors of Liberty Six cars. Brower sayj practice. It is obvious that when a truck that" "Liberty Sixes perform and equipped with duals travels over uneven pavements or crowned roads stand up in a most excellent manner in most of the weight of the ear many these rugged and rough mountains of times rests on one, instead of both of Utah, "a- .'. the pair.' Thf ofie tire Is not' strong Mr. sayq , Brower, April, 118, ,'Jn enough to carry the. full weight and rapid deterioration of the abused tire "we secured the Liberty agency from is the result. A further reason wby the Saft Lake Auto and Garage comdual pneumatic should not be used is that it is a practical impossibility to pany. Id the transaction, 1900 was Inflate the pair to exactly that point paid for a demonstrator dubbed Old where the load will be equally distribBlaCkie whith at that tithe showed uted between them and undue wear signs of much use. It was sold as our again results. The big pneumatic Is. purely an Initial sals for $900. Several months American development with the United after we bought It back, paying the States Tire COf.a piopeqr lo Ah fleId4ewner"$0O'-eastrTb1- f TT' Bjl this" tim. European ire makers so far as can be ,wg bfeijearngd learned, were- nBVBEFSK!ceesXul in pro"A few-da- ys Bfaekie ducing satisfactory pneumatics of the following, large truck sises. and contented them- sold for $ 1,250 and on December 12, selves In meeting tfv requirements for was turned In at tho samy price on a additional strength by the almple exnew model. Oii gTlng overjt, grind-Jppedient of using two smaller tires. th x life's, .we Juana. aiLIearuum The big "Nobby Corcl3..i)f. the United States "Tire Company are growing and mechanical parts perfect. Since In favor among 'thoughtful then it has been put on the demonstrarapidly truck owners who see in their tough ting list where it performed well, strenglh the" solution of many of their making State street bill to the capitol on high gear, which Is a very severe truck problems. test. January 24, 1919, a stage driver who wished a car to haul passengers .BORE HOLES WITH FOWL It in the Deep Creek mining district DRILL. came In the qfflce, bridging a meIn runhiiur wires through ths apron chanic with him to select a car for his above th running board the hols purpose. He' paid $900 end a popular needed should be bored with a power truck worth ,$600 and took Old drill. A hand drill will probably make Blackie.1 Thus the last sale price was an unsightly scar. The wires should $1 S00. Up to date Blackie has covbe inclosed in a conduit to obviate pos- ered in the neighborhood ot 80,000 miles. sibility of their chafing through, Judd-Brow- Having these distinct advantages, our owners are . loyal to the Ilupmobile. Vyrpmobile SAYS LOCAL DEALER . of his car; rather than mechanic's labor. aw AS GOOD AS CHAINS TIRE HEADS DECIM to expect his car to outpoint others in performance. Willard Richards, Manager i , . Phone Wasatch 2182 cm F I.S. owner, , g. r Every wise motorist puts chains on his tires when rain makes the highways slippery this is one rule of motoring which no one questions. While there is no substitute for a chain, the United States Tire company takes responsibility for tbe assertion that some tires are surprisingly' trustworthy in emergencies of ths sort for which chains are devised. A passenger In a taxicab renson- strated recently with the driver, who was travelling at a fast rate over a He told slippery asphalt pavemenf. the driver, Jb J?ad desit; to bit a trolley pole or go through a store front. - - There is- nothing to worry about. was the taxi man's response. "This cards equipped with royal cords." Then to show ths reason for .his faith he did soma stunts In starting and turning, and on each occasion there was no skidding. "Royal cords are good hi slippery plaoes fog two reason,." says fctd Thee- -. bold, local distributor. "In ths first placeu ..thjsy rare: of; eord. conwraeabh. That means they are very pliable' and there la an easy play In the tire structure that allow more of the tretjd surface to roll along the ground as the wheel revolves. This extra surface !n- crcaane - the-trac- tiv ping in any direction." . T - Assodtions of various kinds are ns new thing In the motor truck and as- sociated trades. But an association composed solely of the distributors of one make of truck is something ot an innovation. Among ths distributors of Republic trucka. --how aver, there baa- - - alwayr been a pronounced family feeling. "Our die tribal era, says H. F. Har-ria, general sales manager of Republic ' Motor Truck Co, Inc, "have always taken an Interest tn each other and in tha general welfare of the Republic, organization as a whole. "Whenever .they Wf together at tory conferences or conventions they " hams always shewn a spirit of oo operation; exchanging ideas for the mutual good of the business; swapping plans that have enabled them to give Republic truck users exceptionally efficient service and offering the factory the benefit of their observations on truck conditions tn their respective territories. "Recently it occurred to some of our leading, distributors that, --this .foea.. "could be made a permanently anti one trv forming a regular, is eeUiulextV- association among themselves with the same purposes hv mind. . Elect Officers. ; "Consequently they have formed the Republic distributors' association " officers: H.'T' M.Genung. Kansas City, Mo, presi- - 2 C. F. St. Meyer, dent; Louis, Mo., sec- retary; W. R. Patterson, Dallas, Tex, vice president; Wm. Wl, Martin, Pitts- burgh. Pa, treasurer. "From what I know of the men be- - j; htnd this association and their eon- - X t ant endeavor to improve conditions . tn the motor truck field. I feel sure -that the new association wfll not only -be helpful to Republic truck users and the Republic. Qsganlzation. but will also be force In the im- - prove ment and development of motor truck transportation and service everywhere." -- ' i In |