How To Drive A Motorcar
A Key To The Subtleties Of Motoring
År: 1915
Forlag: Temple Press Ltd.
Sted: London
Udgave: 2
Sider: 138
UDK: 629.113 How
Written and illustrated by the Staff of "The Motor"
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HOW TO DRIVE A MOTORCAR
The foregoing matter may, perhaps, be subject to a
qualification for traffic driving in big towns and cities,
such as London, for instance, where brake applica-
tion of a greater or lesser degree is required very fre-
quently. In this case, the continual reaching for the
side brake lever and the movement of it might prove a
little fatiguing, and possibly a little less reliable.
A Useful Precaution
One small point relative to the question of the pedal
brake is that of making sure that there is no possibility
of the floorboard coming out of its proper position when
not intended so to do, and thus making possible the
jamming of both the brake and the clutch pedals. The
writer experienced this once when travelling at quite
a good speed, and a bad bump in the road made the
floorboard jump up, and it contrived so to jam itself
that neither could the clutch be released nor the pedal
brake applied. Mats, matting, and other floor cover-
ings should also be under scrutiny every now and then
to see that there is no such possibility in regard to their
thus misbehaving themselves. Occasionally a piece of
rubber matting near the slot for the pedal becomes
worn or loose, and any such uncontrolled piece of
matting should promptly receive attention through the
medium of a tin-tack.
Care of the Brakes
Both brakes should always be under the careful
observation of the driver to see that not only do they
act, but that they act properly. A slight adjustment,
once a month, say, is very much to be preferred to
making a big adjustment at the end of six months,
when it becomes an absolute necessity.
The reason is quite a sound one. It is not usual—in
fact it is hard to recall a single case—so to construct a
brake on a motorcar that it is possessed of an accurate
movement; that is to say, the actual movement of the
brake shoe on to the drum is never concentric. The
fulcrum pin for the brake shoe is usually so positioned
that the brake serves its purpose better in practice than
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