Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1925-04-19 | Page 20 | Brake Type Is Problem

DRAKE BRAKE TYPE TV E B IS PROBlEM Four Wheel Kind Presents Pre Presents New Troubles for Engineers Ily Uy ISRAEL I I KLEIN LEIN fly By XI NEA A Service The wheel four brake question has finally quieted down and re re- re relapsed led lat Into the same old problem of af brake Improvement Just ai ac a before the introduction of af four tour brakes engineers worked over the Individual brake drums and their component parts BO eo are I they still at work now The same problems trouble them Additional problems harass them as a result of the wheel the the four wheel four brake Innovation Now they face the Intricacies and theories of equalizers and equalization between front an and 1 rear besides left left and right brakes They are trying to tG get rid of Gr cable control contral of such auch brakes They are experimenting on an Improvements for the hydraulic system All these however howe are second second- secondary secondary ary to the major majar problems that ex- ex exIsted existed ex existed isted before the advent of or the four four- wheel four wheel brake system L IJ The Tho chief question concerns concerns concerns the differences between Internal and external types o of brakes There are Lre advocates for each now as be- be before before be before fore Those advocating the Internal ex- ex expansion ex expansion pan lon type of af o brake do BO so for far Its cleanliness In addition to tG Its effectiveness But Dut the advocates of af the external contraction type of brake argue simplicity and accessibility for It ft wheel Four brakes have bave brought another factor Into the maze of ot problem problems The brake action must be he made light enough for any wa wo- wo woman man to ta control it with ease This means mans minimum clearance between the tho brake band and the drum In order to make the slightest tap on the bra brake ke pedal effective SEW NEW Wit U t A type of or brake Is being tested that has a wrap of o per cent around the Ahe drum Th The Idea Is to tG afford quicker response to tG the slightest lightest pressure on an the tho pedal The rho minimum travel ot of brake pedal and the ease case of Gf depression make stopping or Gr a heavy car at high th th speed a simpler operation This however r Is an advance advance- advancement advancement advancement ment for tor wheel four brakes as well as two It has been In progress progressIons long lang before wheel four-wheel brakes braks were Intimated