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Specification sheet detailing buffer clearances and alterations for the front suspension of the 27-EX model.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 154\1\  scan0098
Date  31th January 1934
  
To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les.14/KW.31.1.34.

Buffer Clearances - 27-EX.
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Together with the attached sketch the following figures show the alteration in the front suspension with the car laden and unladen. A packing of .150" thick has been added against the main coil spring in order to bring the arms straight.

A B C D
UNLADEN 9.325" 9.325" 9.300" 9.325"
LADEN 9.275" 9.200" 9.075" 9.275"
Deflection at
Road Wheel .075" 0.175"

Road wheel movement before hitting buffer springs and stops taken from the drawing :-

Bump Buffer Spring 2.450"
" Stop 3.380"
Re-bound Buffer Spring 1.650"
" Stop 2.450"

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /I.A.Leslie.
  
  
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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