Be sure to observe and count number of paper shims between generator and cradle.
These shims were required in original assembly to adjust driving gears for proper mesh and, if left out, gears may mesh too deeply and “howl,” even though considerably worn.
NOTE: Frame lug must be free from paint or grease to make clean “electrical” connection with plated shimsand mounting bracket for adequate radio bonding.
Make sure same number of papershims are used in reassembling as were found underneath generator when it was removed.
Also, note location of hole in shims for oil drain.
Then replace bearings, shims and caps, draw up wheel hub tight on shaft and install cotter pin.
It is necessary that the thickness of shims at each rear wheel be approximately the same, so when adjusting remove a thin shim from each side and repeat, if necessary, until only a slight amount of play is evident.
By removing shims "B" under the cap the end play of the axle shaft is decreased.
Consequently by "building up" the space between the two halves with these thin shims the proper adjustment may be obtained.
Care should be taken to screw the bearing cap onto the shims as tightly as possible each time the blueing test is to be made.
These shims provide the method of taking up the wear in the babbitt that will eventually result.
When the bearings are not worn enough to require refitting the lost motion can often be eliminated by removing one or more of the thin shims or liners ordinarily used to separate the bearing caps from the seat.
Between the cap and rod proper are placed laminated shims for adjustment.
Care must be taken that an even number ofshims of the same thickness are removed from each side of the journal.
If there is considerable lost motion after one or two shims have been removed, it will be advisable to take out more shims and to scrape the bearing to a fit before the bearing cap is tightened up.
The general tendency in airplane engines is to eliminate shims in either the main or connecting rod bearings, and when wear is noticed the boxes or liners are removed and new ones supplied.
I saw the shims only when they were in the weapon, but those look very much like what was evident from the external view, after they were in place.
There were no shims in the weapon, either under the mount, where it screws to the weapon, or in the two mounting rings, when we received it in the laboratory.
You can accomplish that merely by putting shims under the front of the scope and over the back of the scope to tip the scope in the mount itself, to bring it into alinement.
Would you recognize theseshims that I display to you, Mr. Simmons, as being the shims that were placed in the weapon?
For the record, Mr. Chairman, these shims were given to me by the FBI who told me that they had removed them from the weapon after they had been placed there by Mr. Simmons' laboratory.
Mr. Simmons, I wonder whether you could take these shims back after I have marked them to find out whether the three had been placed?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shims" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
