Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe), 1842-1921 · New York and Chicago, The World railway publishing company · leaf 379
urns the screw, therebymoving outward the inside end of back cylinder lever,which takes up about one-thirty-second of an inch ofpiston travel. When new brake shoes are applied thescrew should be turned back sufficiently to let out thetravel to about what it was before the new shoe wasapplied. The… … Fig. 2.Gould Brake-Slack Adjuster. The advantages to be gained by the application ofany efficient brake-slack adjuster to cars or locomotivetenders are of considerable importance. Their use will keep the piston travel of all the brakecylinders uniform, thus insuring maximum pres-sure of the brakes…
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