STARTING AND STOPPING
Quick starting and quick stopping are both very severe on tires, and greatly reduce their life. When the wheels are locked in stopping and' the car keeping On going the tires slide over the road instead of rolling, and the rubber is worn in one spot. When the engine is given too much petrol in starting an unnecessarily heavy strain is put on the section of the tiro in contact with the road, and a weakened tread is the result.
Rubber, cut in squares or streamers, is the most effective material to reduce the vibration and noise caused by the motion of cars. They^should be placed, between the supporting arms of the engine arid .the frame'to which. they are attached* : ; , \ '..;..■',-.- •■' ■ : .■'."..•
'. Wheels;;;and tires should be trued sepa'rafely.; ...Tho; front ..wheels' may- toe in the: p'roper^amount, '.but the rims may not"; run -I.true, thus .throwing the tires out ;qf line. This can be determined byi.,irev.oiviug- the wheels separately and noting -how.true they turn. 'Any variation may; be" duo to the wheels being too loose on the axles oiCto the rims being screwed to the .wheels unevenly. ;•'■
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 18 June 1927, Page 19
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187STARTING AND STOPPING Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 18 June 1927, Page 19
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