Analysis of lost pedal movement in the rear axle brake linkage, including a data table and diagram.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 12\5\ 05-page026 | |
| Date | 28th January 1927 guessed | |
| contd :- -2- surprising but is substantially borne out in practice. The simplest method of overcoming the difficulty is to reduce the direct rear braking, but this is already less than on EAC.111. We hope to be able to effect a considerable temporary improvement by shrinking a steel band on the rear drums. If the subsequent amount of lost pedal movement is still excessive, we propose to analyse the linkage with a view to ascertaining where the max. deflection takes place. LOST PEDAL MOVEMENT - FOOT PRESSURE EXPENDED 150. LBS. Table Headers: Rear brake drum distor-tion. Defln: rear axle shafts shoes etc. twist. Rear spring twist. Pedal link-age to axle. Shoe clce: .020" servo clce. Total. Available pedal travel. Table Values: .93 .77 .400 .700 1.23 4.03 5.00" (a) Distortion in rear axle brake linkage. E A C. 7 40/50 contd :- | ||
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