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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 Hours May Be Required to Give Neglected Truck Proper Attention At-tention and Cover All of Most Vital Portions. A good way to add years to the service serv-ice life of a motortruck and to reduce re-duce expensive layups is to make sure that it never lacks lubrication. There are between fifty and a hundred points on a motortruck which require individual indi-vidual lubrication attention. Unfortunately Unfortu-nately it is not possible to arrange the chassis so that all of these are to be lubricated at the same time since the parts represented by this array nearly all work at different speeds and under wida variations of load. Every manufacturer conscientiously conscien-tiously supplies purchasers with charts showing just where, with what and when to attend to each lubrication job. Yet It seems impossible for most organizations to get their mechanics and drivers to -keep the chassis oiled as per schedule. Days for Inspection. The only way this can be done with certainty is to set aside certain days for the inspection of each vehicle by a mechanic whose sole duty is to seek out the thirsty members and apply the lubricant most to its taste. Armed with a lubrication diagram, perhaps, though this would only be necessary at the start, a large squirt can of nil, another of kerosene to clean out dirty bushings and to free those which may be gummed or stuck, a bucket and gun of "dope" or transmission trans-mission lubricant and a pail or can of cup grease, on the appointed night he will go entirely over the truck. He should pick out a certain place to start the starting crank is a logical logi-cal places and proceed about the truck, cleaning away the caked mud ind dirt and looking at each point keenly. Parts which are found to be tn need of lubricant should have the needed material applied at once and a note made of the need. In his inspection inspec-tion lie will test the quality of oil in the engine base, gearbox, differential, etc., as well as merely the quantity present, since it is necessary to clean out old oil periodically. When a change of oil is needed he will flush out the case with kerosene and fill it to the proper level with new, clean oil. It may take several hours to give the proper attention to one badly neglected neg-lected truck, but if once done properly and conscientiously followed up by periodical subsequent inspections, an energetic mechanic should be able to act as godfather to three or four vehicles vehi-cles a night. Naturally if the fleet is small, this will not be necessary. Once in two weeks is often enough for each vehicle, the driver being held strictly responsible for all daily lubrication points, such as the fan grease cup, the clutch oiler or grease cup, the spring bolts, steering joints, steering knuckles and radius rods. Check on Driver. The report of the lubrication inspector in-spector serves as a check on the driver and should serve as an excellent excel-lent index to the conscientiousness of the driver. Conversely, the drivers should be given every opportunity to report any complaints regarding lubrication lubri-cation of the other parts which may be necessary to insure diligence on the part of the inspector. In a small fleet the chief mechanic himself may best be intrusted with this work, otherwise a special man may be detailed. The nature of the work would preclude any elaborate report, re-port, so that a manila card with the names of the different oiling points on all the chassis may be prepared with spaces for check marks by the inspector. A simple code, such as C for change, O for lack of oil, D for dirt and R for repair, may be adopted, a simple check serving to show that the part was found in good condition. Naturally, when a man goes over a chassis so minutely as to examine each lubrication point he covers all of the vital portions which are liable to become be-come out of order, so that this inspection inspec-tion is also invaluable in detecting slight derangements which are easily repaired in the incipient stage, but which might go unsuspected in ordinary ordi-nary running until they become so serious seri-ous as to necessitate a major repair. |