REPAIR FAILURES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18711, 17 May 1924, Page 30 (Supplement)

REPAIR FAILURES.

MEM OFTEN THE CAUSE. . .1 )d .It often happens to the motor-car owner ie that =he gets his -car back from the service it station, where some repair has been made, as .only,. to have the same trouble develop s, again . with increased virulence... > Some- , times - this is due to the- fact that the of repairman has tried to remedy something r- that called for a ; major operation,. someio times the repairman is a gyp, who has g. riot attempted- to cure the trouble, and ie often it is caused by some minor forgets- fulness on the part of the mechanic, writes the editor of Motor. This sub- : „ ject is of interest to . the owner who has his repairs carried out in the garage, and [y it is also of' interest ;to you arid me, who at do our own work, because we are just as r- likely to forget as' the garage mechanic. ia , Remarkable how many . times the ppere" ator, .' after making a' repair or replacel.n ment, forgets to tighten some nut- on '» which ; a : great deal depends. • We lave 16 seen an engine lose compression .to an 3 - amazing extent because a mechanic has neglected to tighten a couple of the 2S cylinder-head nuts. "We had a clutch ader justment made and after it was all over 5r and supposedly everything snug, we found 6 " that a mechanic had forgotten, to tighten ?j a nut, which desiiroyed any effect of the >> repair. We had a fan adjustment' made, '♦ but matters were even worse after than s » before. Fortunately, we found that the garage. mechanic, in making the adjustment, had loosened the nut, shifted the fan shaft, but he had forgotten to tighten g. the nut again, so that the latter condi;r] tion was worse than 'the first; »1 1 * • :s ' Don't Forget. Cotter Pins. ; r Have you;ever forgotten' to insert-cotter 8 pins after you have finished a 'repair job* " of some kind? If you have'nt your mem>r ory is better than those of most garage 11 mechanics, for these professionals do ju&t n this thing. Whenever you;tackle a repair 5 " job think to yourself, "Don't forget the ® cotter pin." ' We know an unusually expert motorist i who took his car to a garage to have a - leaking hose replaced. The new one was , slipped intb place, -; and . apparently the m job was' well done, but in a very brief ■ time the engine was overheated and examination proved that the radiator was '' dry again. The mechanic had forgotten i to tighten the clamp that holds the hose jin place.; V ' ' ■' a It seems almost impossible that a , , mechanic in a reputable garage could y forget to insert a cotter pin in the brake ' clevis, but' that is just what happened to • a ! friend of ours, not long ago. . The. result " may be left to, the imagination, also" the language of ' our motoring friend, , .- v t >;In' the adjustment of wheel bearings a an accurate fit: is very, 'necessary. ' . We - know a motorist'of.'lair ! city who had f his,wheel bearings, tightened recently and s found very shortly that the mechanic had ' made too tight a fit. How did: he find* „ out ? .By having -the' bearings burn out C 1 in about eighty miles of running. A , loud squeak heralded what was coming. 3 It is a good plan when a repair job , has been carried out in a shop, and when > the ("rouble it v was intended to correct > is just as apparent after as'before, to I suspect some error on the part of the ; mechanic. Remember this and apply the i lesson to yourself if you do' your own • work. ;