BEARING ADJUSTMENT

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12411, 3 April 1926, Page 18

BEARING ADJUSTMENT

AIR EXPERT’S WORK. Bearing installation and adjustment should be attempted by 'none other than an expert; that is why the motorist is always requested to patronise the service Station for this class of work. All good repair shops assign only their best talent to this task. In addition, many shops can nowquote flat rates for this type of service, which means that they must be positive of their work, for who would undertake a task at a fixed price unless he had some idea of what he was about ? When he stops to consider the' extremely close limits connected with the manufacture of a bearing and extreme care necessary for its proper installation, every motorist sihould try to understand the correct maintenance of that bearing. The entrance of dirt and grit into a bearing accounts for most bearing failures. This, of course, calls for reasonable care during the lubrication process. None other than the best oils and greases should be used, since the pressure of acid,-alkali, or abrasives will shorten the life of any bearing. At regular intervals it would be well to give the bearings some atten- . tion in the way of -new oil. What little expense and effort are expended in this direction will be repaid in longer bearing life. ' Then, too, many service stations offer special rates for removing and cleaning the oil pan. In addition, special rates are available for removing and cleaning wheel bearingsW.A.C AREA 3—EAST COAST AND TAUPO e . Wellington to Masterton to Napier. , 203 mdee, 8 to 9 hours. Very poor at Trentham. Mungaroa hill getting rongh on both sides. Remainder good. Palmerston North to Woodville.— 146 miles, 84 hours. Good. Improved in several places. Napier to Taupo.-—1034 miles, 7 hours. Very good at present. Grader has been working on plains and metalling is being done m pumice cuttings. _ Taupo to Waimarino. —84 miles. Unmetalled road. Has been continuously travelled over by cars for whole summer. Taupo to Rotorua to Whakatane. —56 ■i' miles, 3 hours. Road good. Whakatane to Gisborne.—l39 miles, 8 hours. Road good at present. Portion between Motu and Gisborne nnmetalled. Chains required if wet. Impassable if very wet. Gisborne to Te Araroa.—ll7 miles', 0 hours. Fair with much new metal to Tologa; thence to Tokomaru good. North of Tokomaru chains required if wet. River crossings and conditions not first-class. Taupo to Atiamuri to Hamilton.— 984 miles. Rotorua to Tirau to Hamilton 684 miles. Surface getting had in Mamaku Bush. Whakatane to Tauranga to Waihi.— 110 miles. Rotorua to Tauranga.—s44 miles, 2J hours. Good. Waihi to Pokeno. —60| miles, 34 hours. The routes recommended are:— To Auckland: Via New Plymouth, Wanganui, Taifiape,' Raetihi, Te Kuiti, Napier, Taupo, Rotorua, Atiamuri, .Tirau, Hamilton, Tauranga, Waihi, Pokeno. To Palmerston North: Via Foxton, Shannon. To Napier: Via Palmerston North, Masterton, Woodville. To Taranaki: Via Foxton, Palmerston North. To Taupo: Via Palmerston North, Taihape, Wanganui, Raetihi, Waimarino, Napier. '