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A Page for Drivers, Mechanics and Foremen
A Traffic Rear Axle Repair.
The sender of the following communication has been awarded the extra payment of 5s. this week. • (2,317) ." T.E.W." (Wigan) writes:— " In the Traffic chassis rear axle the main driving pinion is held in a casting which screws into the main axle case.
This casting also embodies a hexagonal external portion, by means of which the degree of mesh of the main driving pinions may be adjusted as required. After adjustment it is secured, in position by two bolts..
"I 'had a Traffic in for repair recently, in which this large nut had somehow or other worked loose and stripped the threads in the main axle casing. A proper repair would have meant a new easing, which was, of course, altogether too expensive a job. I therefore effected a makeshift repair as follews :—I took a piece of I in. steel plate and. out it out as shown in thasketch to fit the hexagon. "Ness' each end I drilled a in. clearance hole. I screwed a convenient piece of in, mild steel bar at each end so that it fitted as shown in the sketch, and the two ends projected through the holes in the steel plate.
"By fitting nuts onto these screwed; ends the hexagon was held quite rigidly and the wagon was turned. out in good shape."
Removing a Road Wheel.
(2,318) " A.G." (Sutton) writes I recently hadoccasion to remove the two back wheels from the axle of a Sentinel wagon for the purpose of having them retyred, and to say that I experienced considerable difficulty in persuading the fixed wheel to leave the axle would be to put it mildly. The axle and wheel were evidenty well fitted Originally and, further, there had been no occasion to distarb them for nearly three years. I tried several different methods of separating them, and was eventually successful with the following. " I obtained two pieces of good steel plate; 1 in. thick, and through the centre of each I drilled a If in. hole. I obtained another plate about twice the size (see sketch) and-drilled a couple of if in. holes in thug', one near each end. I procured. a couple of cuitable bolts and arranged the plates and bolts as shown in the sketch. The two short plates are on the inside of the wheel, each across one pair of spokes; the other one is on the outside of the wheel and bears at its centre on a short piece of 3 in. shafting,' which intervenes between it and the end of the axle, thus serving, as packing. Tightening up the bolts tends to pull the wheel off its axle. Considerable.pressure can he exerted in this manner, and the operation can be assisted by an occasional blow in the centre of the outer steel plate as the nuts on the bolts are tightened:"
A Temporary Spring Repair.
(2,319) " W.F." (Midgley) writes ;--" I was considerably interested to read on the Roadside and Garage' page some time ago how a „reader managed to get home on a broken front spring. Since then I have had the same trouble my.
self, but did not use. a wooden block as a temporary 'repair, being fortunate, in-. stead; in having a..couple of spare spring clips, which I used as' illustrated.
I was going down 'a hill having a gradient of about I in 8 or 9, and my vehicle was fully loaded with 5 tons of material, when the accident occurred. Fortunately, there was no other harm -done, and I was able to pull up and get down to see what was the matter, As soon as I saw what had happened remembered the existence of these two clips, which were lying in the toolbox ; additionally, I had a piece of old spring leaf. The latter I placed-on.the top of the spring, bridging the break, and held it in position with the clips as shown. The journey upon which I was engaged,. from the quarry where I was employed, to the station, was one ci only two miles, yet the loss of time in effecting this temporary repair was so small that the boss knew nothing of it."
Lamps. Alight.
On Aaturday, November 19th, Tight your lamps at 435 in Landon, 4.26 in Newcastle, 4.40 in Birmingham, 4.28 in Edinburgh, 4.41 in Liverpool, 4.45 in Bristol, and 5.24 in Dublin.