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 391
turn freely, being drivenfrom the countershaft. The axle spindles are tapered to fit thewheel boxes, and are provided with spiral grooves to conductthe oil to the bearing surfaces, which are plain, all ball and rollerbearings being omitted in these cars. The motor has already been described in the… … Fig. 288.—Sketch of the Riker Underframe, showing the way in which thechannel steel bars are tapered toward either end of the chassis. in height by 3 inches in width, and composed of 18 parallel tubes.In case of derangement of the pump, however, the water tankis placed at such a height above the…
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