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Table detailing steering pivot pin loads for various chassis models.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 9\7\  07-page110
Date  11th January 1938 guessed
  
STEERING PIVOT PIN LOADS.

Chassis. | Weight on one front wheel. | Journal load. lbs. | Thrust load. lbs. | Journal load per sq.inch. | Thrust load per sq.inch. | Journal friction torque. lbs.ins. | Thrust friction torque. lbs.ins.
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
25/30. | 1020 | 495 | 1020 | 364 | 1035 | 84 | 129
Ben.II. | 860 | 486 | 860 | 486 | 675 | 60 | 105
Ph.III. | 1350 | 792 | 1350 | 753 | Ball thrust bearing. | 98 | 0
Wraith. | 1080 | 1084 | 1080 | 960 | 780 | 152 | 148
Ben.III. | 930 | 903 | 930 | 930 | 863 | 113 | 124

Handwritten notes:
300
213
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87 (HC)

237
165
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72
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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