SHOCK ABSORBERS
IMPORTANCE IN KEEPING EVEN TYRE WEAR. Many good tyres are probably worn out before their time owing to badly ndjusted shock absorbers. The tyre which will wear longest, other things being equal, is that which never leaves the road. When the wheel leaves the road the engine accelerates it, and when it reaches the road again it is travelling faster than would be its normal rate if in road contact'. The road has then to act as a brake and slows the wheel down by frictiori on the tyre tread. -This means tyre wear. A truly rolling, as against a scraping cbntact with the road 'can only be obtained if the tyre keeps in contact with the ground always. This is the function of the springs and" shock absorbers. If these latter are kept adjusted eorrectly they will effect a considerable saving through extra tyre life, not to mention the question of comfort. A good tyre deserves a good shock absorber properly adjusted. * ' ^
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 205, 22 April 1932, Page 7
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