TESTING BY COASTING
TO FIND LIGHT BEARINGS. The danger of coasting has been emphasised to a point where a lot of motorists forget that it can be helpful in testing tho efficiency of their cars. Coasting, for instance, will tell whether or not the wheel and other bearings are set too tight. A cur can go along with such a handicap, the driver never noticing it if ho happens to have a powerful engine under the bonnet, and doesn’t chock up on his petrol mileage. Tight bearings either in the engine, transmission, or rear axle will waste power at an extremely high rate. In attaining a speed of twenty miles an hour, and then coasting, this can bo appreciated. If there is too much drag anywhere in these three units, the car will stop within 50 yards. Make sure, however, that the tyres are up to tho correct pressure, and. that the brakes do not drag.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 180, 14 July 1928, Page 14
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