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Table detailing the dimensions of servo-operated brakes for various car models.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 12\5\  05-page242
Date  2nd December 1928
  
DIMENSIONS OF SERVO OPERATED BRAKES.

TABLE COLUMNS:
TYPE
FRONT BRAKES: Arc of Contact of Each Brake Strap (Length, Angle), Width of Shoe, Dia. of Drum.
REAR BRAKES: Arc of Contact of Each Brake Strap (Length, Angle), Width of Shoe, Dia. of Drum.

TABLE DATA:
Type: Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial) & Phantom I | Front Brakes: Length 13.0"*, Angle 99°*, Width 1.70", Drum Dia. 15.0" | Rear Brakes: Length 17.8", Angle 120°, Width 2.00", Drum Dia. 17.0"
Type: Phantom I (Later Series) | Front Brakes: Length 11.3"*, Angle 86°*, Width 1.75", Drum Dia. 15.0" | Rear Brakes: Length 15.2", Angle 109°, Width 1.75", Drum Dia. 16.0"
Type: Phantom II | Front Brakes: Length 14.0", Angle 107°, Width 1.75", Drum Dia. 15.0" | Rear Brakes: Length 15.2", Angle 109°, Width 1.75", Drum Dia. 16.0"
Type: Phantom II (Later Series) | Front Brakes: Length 13.9", Angle 106°, Width 1.75", Drum Dia. 15.0" | Rear Brakes: Length 15.2", Angle 109°, Width 2.25", Drum Dia. 16.0"
Type: Phantom II (Locomotive Type) | Front Brakes: Length 14.1", Angle 108°, Width 1.75", Drum Dia. 15.0" | Rear Brakes: Length -, Angle -, Width -, Drum Dia. -
Type: 20 H.P. | Front Brakes: Length 11.7", Angle 103°, Width 1.30", Drum Dia. 13.0" | Rear Brakes: Length 14.4", Angle 118°, Width 2.00", Drum Dia. 14.0"
Type: 20 H.P. (Later Series) & 25 H.P. | Front Brakes: Length 11.7", Angle 103°, Width 1.30", Drum Dia. 13.0" | Rear Brakes: Length 15.3", Angle 125°, Width 2.00", Drum Dia. 14.0"

FOOTNOTE:
* INCREASES TO AN ADDITIONAL 3.0" & 23° RESPECTIVELY WITH WEAR.
  
  
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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