Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 167
viest loads when carried on wheels of suitable breadth anddiameter may be handled with a degree of ease, increasing di-rectly as the ideal conditions are approximated. This principle isthe very one that is applied in the practice of substituting balland roller bearings for ordinary plain bearings.… … FlG. 127.—One Form of Driving Axle Using Ball Bearings. The hub is secured in place bythe nuts and binders shown at A, B, C, D, E. At its inner extremity it carries a cone,F, which works on the ball race, G. The hub is thus suspended on the ball race, whichalso acts to neutralize end thrusts.…
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