CAR GLEANING

NZ Truth, Issue 1189, 13 September 1928, Page 20

CAR GLEANING

Cody To Negled: The Under'-carriage

The modern oar is now so fin- ' ished that the owner can, with the least expenditure of time and trouble, keep it m fairly present- . able condition as regards the bodywork and general exterior appearlahce^ ■ ;■.'• ■'■■"■' ■" ; ■;;.'.■.■ .>'''•.. '•""■'■ : DUT cleaning for appearance sake is : " not the whole' matter, as it affects car maintenance and attention. Cleaning, means the freeing of. important* and perhaps unseeri, parts from the mud and dust and dirt picked up from -the ordinary road m everyday use of the vehicle! The under parts of the car dp not catch the eye of the user or even of the ordinary passer-by. But it is surprising the amount of . dirt and. foreign matter, plastered over everything underneath the car. ■■> -;■ •■-.-. -\ '". Wet mud' is driven' up with force and penetrates every imaginable' nook and crevice of the underwork of the vehicle, causing rust of important mechanical, members and, a gefiei-al inefficiency. It tends to rapid and expensive wear of the car m small but most important details which must sooner or later give •'way. .or. require expensive repair. A great deal of negleot takes place m regard to the- undercarriage of the car. Mud and water are allowed to collect and accumulate time after time, and no great care .is taken to remove the accumulated layer of dirt which soaks and causes rust, and decay,' of the parts covered. iln some cases -this r-ust causes considerable difficulty. when making 1 A ad'jiistm'ents. /Thus" we have the threaded .adjustments of brake and mother rods rusted up; ■' -...., .'..-.....<■. I In/some cases the :■ camshafts of the brakes get : s6 -rusted m their bearings as' to become operative only with the greatest difficulty. ■'. : ■ . : ; •■'.• : . • '■;.•■','•.- >When once these parts have become freed .from mud, which may be done by a liberal ; soaking and then swillihg with water projected with violence from a hose, they should be worked free" and dried, and then should be liberally treated with paraffin oil, squirted into the bearings, oh to the threads and nuts and into every available and get-at-able nook and corner. , The paraffin squirting should be continued until the oil cornea out with no trace of rust. .' ' .. Then the whole- should be dried up, and good, thick .lubricant applied, ' or, j if there are screw-ddwn or pressure' greasers, thick grease of good quality. , The v grease will protect the parts from grit and rust fbr quite *a long tiiiafcr- ■ ' •'• -.. ••;■'.' ' ; - . •■ i