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Modification to the 40/50 front wheel brakes with a pull-off spring.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\J\November1922\  Scan10
Date  11th November 1922
  
ORIGINAL.

TO BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} FROM DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}

c. to CJ.
c. to WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
c. to HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

X9940
X4428

40/50 FRONT WHEEL BRAKES.

We send herewith N.scheme 1345 shewing a modification to N.scheme 1317 to provide a pull-off spring on the operating shaft.

It will be seen that in place of the forged lug on the axle a turned pillar could be used if it is desired to use up the existing axle forgings.

DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
RECEIVED
NOV 13 1922
  
  
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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