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Show AVTOrtOIMLIC Wheel alignment can be disturbed by striking a curb too sharply. Dim your lights when approaching another motorcar on the road. Use common sense at all times and you'll save trouble for yourself and the other fellow. Engaging the clutch too harshly can permanently harm a part of the power transmitting system. Never back or swing from the curb into the street without looking back to see if the way is clear. In passing a slower moving vehicle pass it on your left, but in passing a street car always keep to the right. Learn to shift gears without clashing. clash-ing. Tractice will show the exact engine en-gine speed needed to make a noiseless shift. Do not cut the corners in turning but keep well to your side of the street, and look both ways before you make the turn. Attention to lubrication regularly will avoid rapid wear of a part. Once a part is badly worn a lot of lubricant helps little. Stop when the street car ahead of you stops and stand still till all passengers passen-gers getting off are out of the street. In most cities this is- required by ordinance. ordi-nance. Often it Is- difficult to start a nut on a thread of the bolt. A few tlraws of n small three-cornered file on the first thread will almost always cure the trouble. |