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Show MAKEN8 SPRINGS RIDE VERY EASY f.'ost of Thsm Are Either Tco Stiff or Too Soft and Either Is Uncomfortable. LU3HICAT1GM OFTEN ELATED IndiEcriminate Advice May Bo Worao Then Useless as No Two Sets Are Alike Intelligent Attention U D.g Need. Automobiles may be divided Into two classes, tt.o-e with springs that are too stiff and t!m.e that are too soft. lather can be very unoomfort- : aid-. "Here ami t!:.r-, of course, there Is a car with s;,-i,-iUM that really ?i riiii; witliout iiprin'iu tin oe.-u-pants of the car iiiiuust the top," v riles an evpert. .-V utoir.ohiic instruction In ilis, ear ic.perts and all tl'.e wiseaen s of the fratenrty toh is to lubricate the fpriic's rei;ule ; !y. If the rprini:s need I it, that Is very p'n -1 ioiiee. but it I sou, eiin.es happens that tho hihriea-th.n hihriea-th.n is the very last thitii; t tin t ttie springs need. If you cnubl worii n little rust or euialllcd oil between the sprit1!,' loaves mo! thu.l retnrd t!ie cprln" ncMon. It niiilit b" endurable. Of course, this Is when the prlns are too soft and spring too much. Indiscriminate Indis-criminate advice as to the care of sprini-'s nuiv be worse than useless. No two sets of spr'.n-s requ're the samo medicine. Therefore, before following fol-lowing anyone'. mhlce to lubricate the springs It were el tn discoer whether tbey need It. Soft Springs Yield Easily. Soft springs, so tlexlble that they vtebl ensilv to road unevennei.-s. are Inclined to compress too readily when tbev dro;, Into a hole or hit a bun. p. They tl y baek Into liornuil ioniton. sua down lie, da and after a while real-e vibrating. Meanwhile you are bouneiiu' around like n rubber ball. Now to oil such ii sprlnit merely in-let.sitles in-let.sitles all ll ts. Vol do not need the exerei-e neipilred ly the olllnil UOC-ess. UOC-ess. You will K'-t kit ynu need riding in the ear wlthhut It. Such ll ("prill!: needs friction between the loaves rather then lubrication. Friction slows the motion 'if the sprlnir and steadies tin- car. Now, almost every one will toll you (but friction between the leaves mn!(e the oar ride hard. I'robnhly the llrst Mine on hoard unyono say this and houi.d.1 your cur was not pa rt loukirly sikv you oiled the vprinitH and went rom the fryliiK pan Into the rlre. However, this complaint Is not us rei ernl ns that where the sprtnirs. ut-torl ut-torl in'i;lei-ti"i mill ntsted together. ' i ii v ii lost n lari.'e part of their renin-ncy. renin-ncy. so that the car rbb-s I lite n f n nil .vaeoii. In such ii "'use lubrlcatlnij the "prln leaves Is the creates! aid to oinfort. A quarter's worth of jjrnph te creiisc and r llhi-rnl ipuinllty of dhow grease works winders for n HIT miring. Intelligent Attention Needed. Hprlnns really do need n trout "leal .f allenllon. If It be I nt el II :'! t alten-ion. alten-ion. They .shoubl be taken npitrl at b-iiHl twli'e a year nnd donned and hlbrlcnted well. Then" may be chained ch-ained lubrication Inserts lo i;o lie-ween lie-ween tin" leaves of the Hprlniis, vbl.h naunlly last for the life of the ur. If the springs have I n well do liOH-d tbey will imt need et rn nt tnehlnoiiln to nulla' the car ride easily, ml ii seven passeiieer ear will not id"' as eaally with tivo persons as vll! Its miriiinl loud. The point ivlu'i'i Ibe I'prlnes are attached to the body and Ibe suspension point on the ixle or frame need freiiient Inspee lion and lubrication ri'KUlurly at the polntH liidicnled lii the car Instruction I book. Sprint: shackles will wen r iulclt- ly llldesa lubrlciitml ri'ilileilnu u "rwuiidov.'n iducJi niorfi likely. |