Show n OILING OF CAR SPRINGS cleveland auto school head he ad thinks neglect Is often the cause of breakdowns EASY WAY OF lubrication put lifting jack under body of car and spring leaves are separated by means of small tool too I 1 prolongs life of car the febi i tired out after a days rid ride 0 tn in ono one car or on bit tho the other liand thoroughly ro re freshel after a similar trip over practically the same road in another car Is due to a difference in tile the action 0 of f the springs of the two cars pars says clyde 11 pratt president of the cleveland automobile school company the most important martof part of the cars mechanical construction as far as the riding qualities are concerned la Is the springs if the reader will fake afee the trouble to look at the spring various cars ho he or slie she wilt will noto note that thero tire lire a number of general types of springs these may be classed under various names among them full eglip tic semi elliptic three elliptic cantilever and platform springs being the m most ost common how springs are arc made al all I 1 springs regardless of their type are made up of rt a number of separate layers of flat pieces of spring steel placed one above the other short pieces being in the middle and the longer ones extending through to the eyes of the spring the spring is connected to tho the frame by means ot 0 a spring shackle which Is fastened to the end of the spring by a spring bolt through the eye by watching the springs carefully carf dlly when someone cone else Is teetering ink the car up uirt buirl down you will notice that these separate tp leaves slide on ench each other instead of simply ben bending dingas as must mok people suppose in order tf keep p the of the axle from being tans to the body of the car it la Is n necessary ec to io see POP that the spring leav leaves Fi slide easily on each other and in order for them to do this there must ue be a n film of oil between the te separate so leaves through their entire length without this oil filin these springs connot slide without excessive friction which means alint they will not bend properly and the tha aprin sprin spring action instead of being smooth will he be stiff and jerky with the result that ahe car will ride hard and the springs tire are more liable to break in fact most of the broken springs run can be traced t to 0 a lack pt 0 proper lubrication of the spring leaves easy way to oil an easy way to oil these Is to put a lifting jack under the body of the car so BO that the weight will be taken us ox the springs the spring leaves are then thed easily separated by means of a screw driver or a small chisel and a little graphite in oil Is easily inserted graphite graehl P Is us nilly illy used with tho the oil tn in the spring leaves eaves because the graphite does not work out as quickly gw the oil alone would many oaring allem ollera thero tire are many different kinds of tpring spring on the tha market bamo bomo of these are sod good others are ar eod only because the spring needs oil oiling ng and these helpio help to call your it tenon to it I 1 the spring bolts must alsobr ala be oiled practically every day rr they soon wear fio the caprina wark k hard find and then at nn an unexpected A moment break allowing the car to drop down the market alio offers many auril tary lary springs and various shock absorb ers which will very often make quite a in the riding of the car but niah the he instructions that como come alth with all of 0 these various attachments you wll will find that one oi of tho acry i important M 1 items which they bring out 10 la to have your springs thoroughly oiled of ar creased before applying the aprial sustaining device As AB you travel around in n makes of cars you will find that it Is fil not so much the make of spring bithe oe the type ate of spring which makes rl alda d 0 easy nr na it in im the proper ape ani of tho springs tati more enore lhnn elso else will deop your irom toa tiang your car ride easy cut down yow basol ina consumption and prolong tha ufa of tho car and tires 11 4 |