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Show ABSORBER FOR AUTO MADE FROM OLD TUBE Will Improve Riding Qualities of a Light Car. Rubber Is Cut Into Two Long Ribbons and Wound Around Each End of Rear Axle Mount While Machine Is Loaded. An eflective shock absorber for a light automobile was made from an old Inner tube. The tube was flrst straightened out, cut through, and split twice lengthwise, thus forming It Into two long ribbons of rubber, one for each end of the rear axle. These were wound around the axle, and around a hanger, which was made from some scraps of metal and bolts, as Illustrated. The two ends of each ribbon were clamped by the use of simple metal clips, to keep them from slipping around. For the best effect, such a shock absorber should be mounted while the car Is loaded with a normal weight of passengers, or an equivalent weight. This Is In order that in operation the rubber will be- An Inner Tube, Cut Into Two Strips of Rubber, Forms a Shock Absorber Which Will Better the Riding Qualities Qual-ities of a Light Car. gin to stretch, just as soon as the frame begins Its travel above its normal nor-mal position. That Is, the rubber should exert no force while the springs are being depressed, or while they are returning to normal, but the action should begin Immediately when the car begins to be thrown upward by the rebound of the spring. Charles Walte, Louisville, Ky., In Popular Mechanics Magazine. |