. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 59.—Chassis of National Museum's 1902 Franklin car during restoration in early 1 947. the front of the frame (fig. 59). Front axle and rear-axle housing are tubular, with the rear-axle housing connected by stay rods to a center cross member of the frame. Four full-elliptic springs are used for the two axles. The wheels are wire-spoked, but the rims are not original, now mount- ing 30-by-3-inch clincher tires instead of 28-by-3-inch tires. The replacement rims are mounted over the original ones. The exposed differential at the left of
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 59.—Chassis of National Museum's 1902 Franklin car during restoration in early 1 947. the front of the frame (fig. 59). Front axle and rear-axle housing are tubular, with the rear-axle housing connected by stay rods to a center cross member of the frame. Four full-elliptic springs are used for the two axles. The wheels are wire-spoked, but the rims are not original, now mount- ing 30-by-3-inch clincher tires instead of 28-by-3-inch tires. The replacement rims are mounted over the original ones. The exposed differential at the left of the center of the rear-axle housing is connected by a long chain to the plan- etary transmission at the left end of the engine. The brake pedal at the right actuates an external contracting band on the brake drum of the differential unit. Two large grease cups supply lubrication to the two rear-wheel bearings in the ends of the rear-axle housing. 387610 O - 57 -6 81. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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