tial housing, providing lubrication for the pinion bearing 

 and the differential bearings. Leather rebound straps, 

 both ends of which are attached to the frame, pass beneath 

 the axle housings on each side of the differential. 



The front axle is a solid steel forging with a kick-up at 

 each end. It is held in place by two semielliptic springs 

 with full shackles at their rear ends. Spindles on the ends 

 of the axle are connected by a tie rod. The aluminum 

 steering gear housing contains a worm and sector, the pit- 

 man arm of which is connected to the right spindle by a 

 drag link 4 feet long. The steering wheel has six spokes 

 and a hub of aluminum. Two leather rebound straps pass 

 beneath the front axle. The four wooden-spoked wheels 

 carry 34-by-4 1 /2-inch clincher tires. The wheelbase is 1 1 1 

 inches and the tread 56 inches. 



There is no change-gear box, as only direct drive is pro- 

 vided for forward speed. A large metal clutch disk is con- 

 nected to the rear-axle gearing by a short drive shaft with 

 two universal joints. The disk, of the same diameter as 

 the flywheel at the rear of the engine, and with gear teeth 

 cut around its edge, is immediately behind the flywheel and 

 can be connected to it by means of a clutch of the internal- 

 expanding shoe type. 



Reverse is effected by the use of a 6-foot-long auxiliary 

 shaft lying at the upper left of, and parallel to, the engine, 

 and extending from the front end of the crankshaft to the 

 metal disk just behind the flywheel. A small sliding gear 

 is keyed on the rear end of the auxiliary shaft, and can be 

 meshed with the toothed disk by moving forward a short 

 lever at the rear of the coil box. Another small gear, fitted 

 to the front end of the crankshaft, meshes with an idler gear, 

 which in turn is meshed with a gear on the front end of the 

 auxiliary shaft. A clutch, built into the hub of this latter 

 gear, can be engaged by moving forward a long lever to the 

 left of the driver. 



When reverse is desired, the main clutch in the flywheel 

 must be disengaged by moving forward a short distance the 

 long lever to the right of the driver; then the gear on the 

 rear of the auxiliary shaft must be engaged; and finally the 

 clutch in the hub of the gear on the front of the shaft must 

 be engaged. Power would then be transmitted from the 



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