. Electric railway journal . gears replaced or thewheels and axle changed if they are worn out, or haveloose tires. Any axle found with a crack of half an-inchor more is replaced immediately. Work such as changing tires or axles is done at thegeneral shops, since at the operating carhouses thenecessary tools for any of these operations are not avail-able. The wheels are inspected once a month by theday foreman, assisted by the gang of supplementaryworks. Amount of Lubricant Used The lubrication of the different parts of the car is doneat regular intervals as already explained. When a carhas un
. Electric railway journal . gears replaced or thewheels and axle changed if they are worn out, or haveloose tires. Any axle found with a crack of half an-inchor more is replaced immediately. Work such as changing tires or axles is done at thegeneral shops, since at the operating carhouses thenecessary tools for any of these operations are not avail-able. The wheels are inspected once a month by theday foreman, assisted by the gang of supplementaryworks. Amount of Lubricant Used The lubrication of the different parts of the car is doneat regular intervals as already explained. When a carhas undergone the general inspection it is lubricatedcompletely anew. The amount of lubricant used for eachpart is as follows: the motor axle and armature bearingpockets are filled with 1 lb. each of common oil. Thegrease box of the motor axle bearings is filled with yel-low grease, which is used as reserve lubricant. The oilis fed to the shaft and axle by means of wicks. In theinterpole motors the bearing pockets of armature and. FORMS USED FOR REPORTING AND FOLLOWING UP INSPECTIONS 983 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 55, No, 20 axle bearings are filled with elastic journal packing andto each one is added 2 lb. of common oil. Two ouncesof oil is added to each bearing pocket every fifteendays. The journal box is packed with i lb. of cottonwaste and 2 lb. of common oil. Every two months there-after enough oil is added just to keep the waste the general inspection 4 lb. of waste is added toreplace that worn out. The gears are lubricated withgraphite grease and every two months i lb. of greaseis added to each gear. Trolley wheels and trolley basebearings are lubricated with grease and oil and thecontroller shaft bearing with oil every fifteen days. At the same time the braking mechanism is lubricatedwith grease and oil. When it is necessary to change thearmature or axle bearings, the bearing pockets areemptied and the oil taken to a filter, where, after filtra-tion and decant
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