EFFECTIVE BRAKING

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 62, 23 February 1934, Page 9

EFFECTIVE BRAKING

CARE NEEDED IN OILING. Many motor-car drivers who complain of inefficient brakes would be surprised if told that this, defect was due mainly to lack of oil ori grease, yet that invariably is the case. With motorists who find braking down to less than 20 miles an hour especially difficult, this is almost always the reason. They might justifiably be incredulous if it signified that oil or grease on the shoes and in the drums was necessarily required, but all that is meant to be implied is that the average driver is far too apt to overlook the lubrication of his brakes, the bearings of brake-operating shafts, and the joints of brake coupling rods. If any of these are not oiled or greased the frictional resistance which the motorist has to overcome is automatically increased.

Dry or rusty brake bearings and joints need just that extra energy to apply that makes motoring so tiring, and changes a pleasant ride to a fati. gu'ng journey. Moreover, lack of lubricaut in those parts mentioned will always influence the “coming off” when pedal pressure teases, and the recoil springs of the shoes will not be able to overcome the excessive friction. Consequently, a waste of power and petrol ensues and unduo wear to the shoes and drums, as a result of rubbing.

Wisdom, then, and economy should remind motorists, when oiling, to treat Ihe brakes and their complications with the same care as they give io the other chassis parts