Audels answers on automobiles, for owners, operators, repairmen ... including chapters on the storage battery, electric vehicles, motor cycles, overhauling the car, etc. Fully illustrated and indexed (1911)
Booth, Charles Edwin, b. 1849 · London, New York, T. Audel & co · leaf 337
s to propel the wheel, but also to support the weight of thecar. The hub H of the wheel is a snug fit on the end of the axle F,and the Woodruff keys K and the nut N serve to secure the wheelthereon. The hub cap C is not absolutely necessary, as it merelyserves as an ornament, and to protect the nut… … Fig. 198.—Floating rear axle. The weight of the car coming on the rearwheels is supported by the housing, while the axle serves only to transmit themotive power to the wheels. weight of the car is carried entirely by the housing. The axle in this construction serves only to transmit the motive…
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