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Show LOOK OUT FOR THE LOOSE WHEELS Prevention of Occident is the ever-present ever-present duty of all motorists The driver should be always vigilant to ! prevent disaster. Careful driving is. 'of course, the first consideration, the idr-r being to always avoid risk. Next comea the maintenance of the car in good condition. This requires j frequent inspection, especially of the I wheels. Wheel trouble is too fre- iquently overlooked and the condition of the spokes neglected. Loose spokes make the car unsafe in sudden emer- ; gencies, with terrible results in some I cases. The first indication of loose spoke i are squeaks and paint crarks when1 the spokes join at the hub or rim The l racks show that the wood has , shrunk. If not attended to promptly, i he spokes work looser, till the sta . bllity of the wheel is seriously im- I paired Then, at a critical moment, I the wheel collapses. The motorist should always take , time to see that the wheels of his car are in good running order, for still I other reasons. It is much easier and less expensive to correct defects in their early stages than later on. Again, unsound and insecure wheels cause all other parts of the car to deteriorate more rapidly than they would otherwise. If the wheels do not run true, the tires soon wear out, the chassis is warped out of shape, and the foundation on which the motor rests weakens so that the mechanism , works under unnecessary and ruinous strain. Neglected wheels soon reduce a car to a condition of useless junk, whereas where-as a little care as occasion demands j adds greatly to its life, pleasure and security. |