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Weight comparison sheet for various 1-40/50 model brake drum assemblies and their components.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 12\5\  05-page313
Date  1st November 1931
  
X7360
1-40/50 Brake Drum Complete Weight.

Nov. 1931.

X4612.

Weight of complete Assembly on Hub Shell.

Lake and Elliott lines alum Finish. G79546-7 complete with back plate, hub etc., = 49 lb. 4ozs.

Lake and Elliot solid Drums complete etc., = 52 lb. 12ozs.

R.R. Cast Iron solid complete (less .100 diameter to be machined out of bore. = 57 lb.

High Carbon Steel complete. = 53 lb. 8ozs.

R.R. cast Iron lined Alum finish complete less .060 diameter out of bore = 49 lb. 8ozs.

40% stiffer Standard Drum G79012 complete = 49 lb.

EX Standard Drum G76123 complete = 44lb. 6ozs.

1-40/50 Front Drums complete.

Lake and Elliot lines alum finish G79541-2 = 32lb.

R.R. Cast Iron lines alum finish. =32 lb. 4ozs.

High carbon steel = 33lb. 12ozs,

Standard. G78823 = 27lb. 7ozs.

Total Increase in car weight due To ribbed drums
Front = 12lbs. 10ozs.
Rear = 7lbs. 8ozs.
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20lbs. 2ozs.

Front Drum Weights.

End Plate. = 8lb. 10ozs.
R.R. Cast iron lines and alum finish = 71b. 8ozs.
R.R. Cast Iron solid Drum = 10lb. 6ozs.
Studs and Nuts = 4ozs.
  
  
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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