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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).
List of points for consideration and testing related to brake performance, including a mileage test schedule.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 154a\3\  scan0217
Date  27th March 1936 guessed
  
BRAKES.

(1) Effect of temperature on brakes.
(2) Water on brakes.
(3) Effect of the brakes on steering, whether they cause tramp or diving.
(4) Strength of the pivots.
(5) Does the pedal hit the boards before the brakes require adjusting ?
(6) Strength of linkage and cams with maximum braking effort.
(7) Drum distortion.
(8) Brake squeaks.
(9) Brake jaggers.
(10) Brake thumps.
(11) Immunity from brake fade.
(12) Brake linkage unaffected by spring deflection.
(13) Efficiency of equalisers.


10,000 miles in England,
10,000 miles on the Continent,
at the completion of which,
1,000 miles in London traffic.
  
  


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