The valve-setter's guide; a treatise on the construction and adjustment of the principal valve gearings used on American locomotive (1910)
Kennedy, James, 1848-1922 · New York, A. Sinclair company · leaf 46
ice. It may be added that the amount ofclearance between the link block and linkat the extreme ends of the travel of the lengthening or shortening the radius rod,but as the length of this rod should co-incide exactly with the arc of the link it isnot good practice to change the length ofthis rod;… … FIG. 4. WALSCHAERTS VALVE GEAR IN BACK MOTION. block should be carefully noted. It isusual to allow a greater amount of clear-ance at the bottom of the link as thetendency of the link block is to approachnearer the bottom of the link as the partswear. Any marked deviation from anequable centre…
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