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 55
o its inner end and running parallel with the main axleshaft. Around the edges of this pivoted tube run two hard steelcones which engage a train of ball-bearings enclosed in a circularball-race or retainer fixed on the inside circumference of anotherand larger tube or box, which forms the hub of… … Fig. 39.—Pivoted Steering Hub used on the Riker Carriages. A is the axle shaft; B, thepivot connecting A to the tubular swinging hub, C. E and E are circular coneswhich bear on the balls mounted in the ball races, F and F, thus permitting the hubD to rotate independently on the inner tube, C. The…
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