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Updated: June 25, 2025
He could hear the vicious hum of the reversing-engines, and then the great muffled cough of power as the ponderous valve-gear was thrown into position and the vaster machinery above him was coerced into a motion that seemed languid yet relentless. He could see the slow rise and fall of the great cranks.
Clean and inspect the governor and the valve-gear, wiping out any accumulation of oil and dirt that may appear. Be sure to clean out the drains from the glands so that any water that may pass out of them will run off freely and will not get into the bearings. At the end of the first three months, and after that about once a year, take off the cylinder cover and remove the spindle.
The plates should then be rocked up and down by hand and the friction at different points noted. The horizontal rod at the back of the valve-gear may be loosened and the amount of end play of each individual shield-plate noticed and compared with the bushings on the horizontal rod at the back which binds the shield-plates together.
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