Show TUBE GUARDED I IBY IBY BY TIRE FLAP FLAe o Did Bid you ever stop to consider Itow Important I Is the role played by the automobile tire lire flap As a protector between the rim rita and the tube tule It la is I vital to the long Ions life ox of the tube It prevents deterIoration from the rust runt that gathers on the rim It also pre pre- prevents prevents pre prevents vents the ha tube tulle from pinching bo- bo between bo tween the edges of the tire lire on the rim Three or four plies of fabric or- or ordinarily or ordinarily compose tho the flap It Is constructed to conform to the shape of the tire tiro and should lay P straight between the Die tube and amid rim without buckling The long notch at the end of ot the the- flap should lay on top or next to the rim in order to prevent the tube creeping up and being pinched In the long groove groose Tile The end with the round hole should lie next to the tube If It the tube lis Is a triO too short It If is I economy to 10 pur pur- purchase pur- pur purchase purchase chase a new nap flap rather than to risk I suiting the holes hols to lengthen St It The cut however must never bl be so long that the edges of he flat flap do not come together If 1 the flap Clap Is la too short hort It often often- oftentimes oftentimes oftentimes times ks down to the sidewall I of the casing Here Hero It cuts the fabric like a knife When It IS S corroded from rim rust and the edge gets ragged ra from wear there I is danger of the tube and thus ruining It l lT i The T ie e motorist should examine the vI condition con of the flap at each lr I change If It ho he falls tails to talce care ot at atI this necessary accessory lie ise has hall Tia I only himself to blame blamo when he h hj tube trouble as a result Ice of a new flap nap often will aill save gave CV- CV eral ral tubes A poc r flap Is not only a source of constant annoyance but butI I also a source of considerable Iless I less expense I nn nfl |