. Automotive industries . ade forreadily adjusting the trunnion in case of wear. Some designers specially aim at great flexibility of theframe in a vertical direction and in the new Ward-LaFrance truck there are no regular cross members, onlytubular spacers. To secure the necessary stiffness or re-sistance to distortion in a horizontal plane two diagonalsof strap iron are used at the middle part of the frame, thejunction of these members being reinforced by a draw-bar and tubular spacers. Such diagonal braces are alsoused on other makes of trucks, usually at the rear obviate the neces
. Automotive industries . ade forreadily adjusting the trunnion in case of wear. Some designers specially aim at great flexibility of theframe in a vertical direction and in the new Ward-LaFrance truck there are no regular cross members, onlytubular spacers. To secure the necessary stiffness or re-sistance to distortion in a horizontal plane two diagonalsof strap iron are used at the middle part of the frame, thejunction of these members being reinforced by a draw-bar and tubular spacers. Such diagonal braces are alsoused on other makes of trucks, usually at the rear obviate the necessity for heavy gusset plates and areprobably more effective. Some truck frames were noticedin which practically no provision was made against dis-tortion in a horizontal plane; that is, there were neitherdiagonals nor substantial gusset plates, and the crossmembers were few and light. There is no doubt that suchconstruction is responsible for many breakages of enginearms and trouble with radiators. The necessity of making. Central cross-bracing offrame on Clydesdale Wooden bumper on Indianatruck Combination spring andbumper bracket on Selden 120 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES THE AUTOMOBILE January 20, 1921
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