One word - teflon.
When teflon was adopted for ball joints sockets, etc. around 1961 the time
between lubrication increased two or three fold. As well, many parts could
be lubricated, sealed and not need periodic greasing.
And in the days before self-adjusting brakes, it gave the driver more reason
to do the monthly lubrication. Chrysler's Lockheed brakes were never
self-adjusting and Mopar vehicles did not get self-adjusting brakes until
the adoption of Bendix brakes - Plymouth and Dodge Dart in 1962, Dodge 880,
Chrysler and Imperial in 1963. The Valiant and Lancer had Bendix brakes,
but the seld-adjusting bits were an option in 1960-62.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:21 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Lubricate THIS....
> OK, I'm reading my current issue of Car Life magazine (12/56, so, I'm a
> little behind, in my reading) and the "Car Maintenance" article says
> that I "you" should lubricate your car's chassis
> about ONCE per month, or every 1000 miles....
>
> I know: the new-57's , with their ball joint suspensions, etc, require
> fewer chassis lubes, but why/how are new suspension fittings so
> "maintenance-free", that greasing the under-pinnings are almost
> un-heard-of, now-a-days?
>
> Were drivers back in the day, really so much tougher on their equipment?
> The individual componentry were certainly tougher/stronger, than today
> (where lightness/economy "rules")
>
> Of course, checking your bias-tires' air pressure TWICE per month , is
> always a good idea, I guess....you could expect get around 35K miles
> on them, that way, but you'd better check for abnormal tread wear, &
> rotate the tires every 5000 miles. Then, there's the MAJOR tune up,
> (alternnating w/a 'minor' tune-up), every 10,000 miles
>
> The article concludes by mentioning that per-mile "gas-and-oil" costs
> might normally run
> around 2.29 -2.79 cents per mile.
>
> If inflation is 10-times mid 50's costs, that number would translate to
> around 30- 80 cents per mile, today.
>
> BUT: today, if your gas costs $3.00/gal, & if you only average 10mpg (on
> average city/hwy), your gas charge, per mile would be 30 cents.
>
> So, with today's LOWER costs of anciliary upkeep-items (battery,non-lead
> gas, oil-changes, tires, spark plugs, etc), it would appear that it is
> cheaper to operate our cars, today, than when they were 'new'.
>
> Neil Vedder
>
>
>
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