



Then they brought in an old man in his eighties who had been fixing ships since he was a young man. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully from top to bottom.
Two of the ship's owners were there watching this man and hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!
A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"
So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer...... ......... $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap.......... ......... $ 9,998.00
PEGAS GEGELUNG LEMAH ATAU PEGAS DAUN PATAH
1. Kebiasaan masalah tersebut disebabkan oleh pegas gegulung yang lemah, ataupun ada antara pegas daun yang patah. Jika ini berlaku, naikkan kenderaan di atas tanjakan dan periksa pegas gegulung dan pegas daun.
2. Goncangan kedua-dua pegas tersebut. Sekiranya kelonggaran yang berlebihan, gantikan pegas yang rosak sahaja (sama ada pegas gegulung atau pegas daun).
BOLT-U LONGGAR ATAU PAD PEMISAH PEGAS DAUN ROSAK
1. Kadangkala bolt-U yang longgar, ataupun pad pemisah antara pegas daun yang sudah rosak boleh menyebabkan kelegaan yang berlebihan antara daun-daun. Ini juga akan menyebabkan lantunan semasa kenderaan terkena lubang atau rintangan di jalan raya.
2. Jika ini berlaku, periksa bolt-U dan ikat dengan kuat. Sekiranya pada pemisah pegas daun rosak, dapatkan satu set yang baru dari kedai alat ganti dan pasangkan antara stiap daun. Pad pemisah ini adalah untuk mengelakkan pegas daun terkena terus dengan daun-daun lain yang seterusnya akan mempercepatkan kerosakan dan kehausan.