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Correcting a previous statement on the wear balance between front and rear Bensfort brakes.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 82\1\  scan0025
Date  23th February 1933
  
X HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 59a

To R. {Sir Henry Royce} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson}
c.c. to SG. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
c.c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c.c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hdy. {William Hardy}
c.c. to Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} 3/KT. 23. 2. 33.

BENSFORT-BRAKE WEAR.

Further to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} 1/KT. 21. 2. 33.

We find on checking over the leverages between the point where the wear was measured and the shoe centre, that the front brakes have only worn 10% more than the rear brakes, and not 50% more as previously stated. The balance, therefore, between the front and rear brake areas can be considered satisfactory up to the present.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson}
  
  
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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