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Brochure for Weaver combination brake and alignment testers and automatic brake testers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 120\2\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 1st August 1936 | |
| 954 WEAVER Combination BRAKE AND ALIGNMENT Tester Sells Brake Service Brake energy in pounds is registered for each wheel separately. Shows whether brakes are adjusted evenly; and equally important, shows whether total braking energy is sufficient for the weight of the car. With the Weaver Combination Tester you can show your customer just what distance his car requires to stop from any speed! Four vertical tubes—easy to read as a thermometer—show the braking effort of each wheel. The customer can take his own readings without moving from behind the steering wheel. The gauge is readily visible and legible from the position where the car stops when making a test. With a Weaver Combination Tester in the entrance to your shop, customers will do their own checking, and come to you for service! Cut JY-5 Cut JY-7 Specifications Capacity braking effort, per wheel..1500 lbs. Length over all..................19 ft. 4½ in. Width over all (including pedestal).. 9 ft. 5½ in. Height—tread plates.............. 1½ in. Height—pedestal ................ 6 ft. 5½ in. Construction—made of alloy steel with ball bearings at all important moving parts. Comprised of simple levers—no intricate mechanism and no power connection. Handles all passenger cars and light trucks. Sells Wheel Alignment Actual driving conditions are registered on the alignment indicator. Side drag will scuff the tire tread and make steering uncertain, until it is corrected. The Combination Tester will discover these jobs, help you sell them, and assist in the actual service work. Cut JY-4 (Gauge text: 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 IN FEET PER MILE SIDE SLIP TOE-IN WHEEL ALIGNMENT TOE-OUT) The pointer shows the toe-in or toe-out under actual driving conditions. Gives a graphic picture of the number of feet tires are dragged and scuffed side-ways for each mile of driving! Use the Combination Tester to check your work after it is done. The unquestioned accuracy of the Weaver alignment method gives you a positive check on your correction. Complete instructions in the Weaver method are furnished with each machine, together with suggestions on how to advertise and sell alignment service. No. WY.25 Code “Youth” Combination Brake and Alignment Tester complete Shipping Weight 1580 lbs. (Extra long spacing unit between pedestal and tread plates available at small additional cost.) -32- [Center Spine] WEAVER MANUFACTURING CO., Springfield, Ill., U.S.A. WEAVER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Chatham, Ontario, Canada Printed in U. S. A.{Mr Adams} Form F.452—5M—8-36 [Handwritten] File 1029. [Right Page] WEAVER 954 SAFETY LANE Cut CY-2 Junior Size Surface Type Automatic Brake Tester DYNAMIC TYPE—Tests the Car During an Actual Stop 1. Instantaneous—all four brakes tested simultaneously during a single stop of the car. 2. Automatic—records the action of each individual brake. 3. Accurate—shows in pounds the actual brake energy exerted on each wheel. 4. Dynamic Type—Shows brake action of an actual stop, showing true road performance of all four brakes. 5. Stationary Readings—thermometer-like tubes retain their readings for examination and discussion, until automatically released by car as it drives off the Tester. 6. Visible Readings—gauges easily seen from driver’s seat or anywhere inside or outside the car. 7. Minimum Floor space—operates from either direction; lies flat so cars can cross tread plates at any angle. 8. Entirely mechanical—no connections or power cost. 9. Simple mechanism—nothing to get out of order. 10. A Three Purpose Machine—for testing, for merchandising, and for service. -25- | ||