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Show LUBRICATION IS VERY' IMPORTANT Hard to Induce Mechanics and Drivers to Keep Chassis Oiled as Per Schedule. MAKE REGULAR INSPECTION Several Houra May De Required to Give Nealeeted Truck Proper Attention At-tention and Cover' All of Most Vital Portlone. A good way to add years to the service serv-ice life of a motortruck and to re-duco re-duco expenslvu layups Is to make sure that It never lucks lubrication. Thcro nro between fifty nnd u hundred points on u motortruck which require Individual Indi-vidual lubrication attention. Unfortunately Unfortu-nately It Is not posslblo to nrrnugu the chassis so that all of thesu nro to bo lubrlcnted nt tho same time since tho parts, represented by this nrrny nearly all work at different speeds nnd under wlda variations of loud. Kvcry manufacturer conscientiously conscien-tiously supplies purchasers wlth'charts showing just where, with what and when to attend to each lubrication Job. Yet It seems Impossible for most organizations to get their mechunlcs and drivers to keep the chassis oiled as per schedule. Days far Inspection. Tho only way this can be dono with certainty Is to set aside certain days for tho Inspection of each vehicle by t mechanic whose solo duty Is to seek jut thu thirsty members and apply ho lubricant most to Its tuste. Armed with a lubrication "diagram, perhaps, though this would only bo necessary at thu start, a large Mpilrt can of oil, another of kerosene to clean out dirty bushings and to freo those which may ho gummed or stuck, n bucket and gun of "dope" or transmission trans-mission lubricant nnd n pnll or can of cup grease, on tho appointed night ho will go entirely over tho truck. He should pick out a certain place to start tho starting crank Is a log!-cnl log!-cnl place and proceed about tho truck, cleaning nwtiy tho crked mud nnd dirt nnd looking nt each point keenly, l'urts which nro found to hu In need of lubricant should havo the needed material applied nt once nnd n unto made of the need. In his Inspection Inspec-tion ho will test tho quality of oil In tho engine base, gearbox, differential, etc., ns well ns merely thu quantity present, since It Is necessary to clean out old. oil periodically. When a chnngo of oil Is needed ho will flush out tho caso with keroscno and All It to the proper level with new, clenn oil. It may take several hours to glvo tho proper attention to one badly neglected neg-lected truck, but If onco dono properly nnd conscientiously followed up by periodical subsequent Inspections, un energetic mechanic bhould bo able to net ns godfather to three or four vehicles vehi-cles a night. Naturally If the fleet is small, this will not bo necessary. Onco lntwo weeks Is often enough for each vehicle, tho driver being held strictly responsible for all dully lubrication points, such as tho fan grcaso cup, the 'tluTtlToller 1 or Jgrettsoup711e8prlnir bolts, steering Joints, steering knuckles and radius rods. Check on Driver. Tho report of tho lubrication Inspector In-spector serves as a check on tho driver and should Bcrvo as nn excellent excel-lent Index to tho consclentlousncsr of the driver. Conversely, tho drivers should be given every opportunity to report any complaints regarding lubrication lubri-cation of tho other pnrts which may be m-eeHsnry to Insure diligence on the part of the Inspector. In n small licet the chief mechanic Jilmself may best bo Intrusted with this work, otherwise n special man may be detailed. The nature of thu work would preclude any elaborate report, re-port, so that a muiitlu card with the names of the different oiling points on all the chassis may be prepared with spares for check marks by the Inspector. A slmplo code, such us C for change, O for lack ot oil, D for dirt and It for repair, may be adopted it' simple cheek serving to show that part was found In good condition. SJjtiiilly, when u man goes over n chassis so minutely ns to examine each lubrication point hu covors all of the vital portions which nro liable to be-eomo be-eomo out of order, so that this Inspection Inspec-tion Is also Invaluable In detecting slight derangements which nro easily repaired In the Incipient stage, but which might go unsuspected In ordinary ordi-nary running until they become so serious seri-ous us to necessitate n major repair. |
