PS Magazine - JULY 1975
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 272
JULY 1975
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You wouldn't stick your
,
foot in the
wheel spokes to slow down a bicycle±
woulD you?
Too messy. BesiDes
·
tearing up the bike± you'd probably
hurt your foot.
You'd use the brake± right? After all±
that's what a brake's for. When your
vehicle's got a brake± you use it²
Then how come ome Army truck
³drivers don't use their brakes when
they're s'posed to? Like when they're
coming to an
·
intersection or rail
crossing´ Or going down a hill²
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·
Instead± they down-shift. THey drop
l
the transmission into a lower gear to
make the engine slow their tRuck.
This's suRe death foR that tRuck's
engine and clutch!
The engine is suddenly forceD to
turn over at a higher sPeedµmaybe
even higher than it was built to take¶
Tons of weight are slammed into the
clutch by this sudden change in speed.
Instead of wearing out a few bucKs
worth of brake lining± these guys blow
a real bunDle in
¸
engine and clutch
damage.
The dRiveRs who know theiR stuffµ
r·
the real pros¹know better. They look
ahead. They plan ahead. They act
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