LUBRICATION OF SPRING LEAVES
Unless the road springs of a car are encased in gaiters into which lubricant for the spring leaves may be injected, or are fitted with interleaved oiling discs, it is necessary in order to secure smooth flexing of the springs to lubricate their faces periodically, say, every two to three months. The most thorough method of carrying out this work is to slacken the spring clips, jack up the car so that the weight of the body and chassis is taken off the springs, aud then to prise the leaves apart with a tapered piece of meta], a screwdriver or small cold chisel, and inject lubricant. Graphite is an excellent lubricant, and in flake form can be mixed with kerosene and engine oil, so as to form a fluid which can be easily applied, either with an oil gun or can, and rhich will penetrate fully between the leaves where, even after the oil has workd out, tho graphite which has found its way into the pores of the metal will assist lubrication. Colloidal graphite would be suitable, but is comparatively costly.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 102, 11 April 1933, Page 4
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186LUBRICATION OF SPRING LEAVES Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 102, 11 April 1933, Page 4
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