PLAY IN WHEELS.

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 94, 12 July 1927, Page 12

PLAY IN WHEELS.

PERIODICAL EXAMINATION. SOME SIMPLE HINTS. The possibility that one of voor wheels is running out of true should never be overlooked, and the driver should make periodical examination of the wheels. The front ones are caaily tested. It is merely a case of jacking them up and spinning them round one at a time and observing how they run. The rear wheels are not so easily tested, hut it is a simple matter to switch on the engine, put the gear in top, and then see how the wheel is running. It is not necessary to apply' these tests if you are certain that there is no wear in the bearings. It is possible to ascertain such wear by jacking up the wheel and jerking it about with each hand. If the amount of “play” is only negligible it may be assumed that the bearings are as they’ should be. Wheels that give evidence of considerable play should be attended to without delay. Failure to do so may lead to serious accident. When changing wheels after a puncture on the road, it is an excellent precaution to run only two or three miles and then stop to give the wheel-holding nuts another tightening up. The nuts may have been screwed home, as it seemed, to their last thread, but it is surprising to find how’ much further they can be tightened after a mile or two has been covered since the wheel was chanced.