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Table showing weight savings by comparing axle components between models EAC. 7 and 40/50.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 71\2\  scan0192
Date  2nd November 1927 guessed
  
WEIGHT SAVING INDEPENDENT OF TYPE OF AXLE CONTROL.

ITEM. EAC. 7. 40/50. WT. SAVING.

Camshafts and camshaft mounting with brake carrier plates and brake shoes. (EAC. 7. spring pads omitted.++) 59++ 108.9 49.9

Differential and crown wheel assembly. 47 49.75 2.75

Brake drums. 52 61 9

Axle tubes. 54 59 5

Driving shafts. 30 29.75 .25

Spring carrier bracket not included on EAC. 7. with carrier plates. 14.9++ 66.9
14.9
52.0

Amount saved previously tabulated. 27.7
79.9

Total axle wts. of everything behind the gearbox. 487.3 563.6 76.0+

++ This weight on EAC. 7. is transferred from the frame to the axle together with 8 lbs. of spring clips.

+ The discrepancy of 3.7 lbs. we consider may be due to experimental cumulative errors in weighing.

contd :-
  
  
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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