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Show AUTOMOBILE TIRES FARM GOOD HABITS According l0 a bulletin issued by the Goodrich Rubbpr companv automobile auto-mobile tires form habits that won't come off It says. "Tires." "develop strange moodr, and habits that are strikingly like human ones, and they adhpre fo them stubbornly. He who attpmpts to Change these habits, usuallv has to pay big bills. "For instance, when a tire has been on a wheel for some timefhe rubber has adjusted itself to ""its position thprpon; that is, the rubber shapps itseir to run in one direction It stretches in one direction, It strains in one direction, it dpcedes befor. a blow in one direction. Therefore , when a motorist removes a lire for repairs or for ally Other purpose he should observe religiously thp tires sense of direction "Ninety-nine out of every hundred 'motorists or perhaps 'he percentage is even greater never give this feature fea-ture a thoucht They replace thp tire and old way. usually with tho rc-, r- side exposed to meet the shocks and blows of the road The result is much more rapid wear of the tires. It is considered a good sucgestion if car owners in removing a tire would mark an arow on It Indicating the direction the tire has been running Thus in replacing it he could see that the tire was adjusted to run in the right direction. It would be well to observp the same rule in regard to a j spare tire.'' |