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).
Unsuccessful results of a test to cure squeaking brakes and the plan for a further test.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\V\2January1931-April1931\ Scan082 | |
| Date | 1st April 1931 | |
| ORIGINAL To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GM. c. to R.{Sir Henry Royce} Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GMH.7/KT.1.4.31. RE. SQUEAKING BRAKES. X.7360. X.5360. We have tried out the suggestion you sent us in your memo. E.1/M21.3.31., and have not obtained any satisfactory results. I tried the scheme out on one car at Cricklewood whilst I was there, and instead of curing the squeaks it produced a squeak of a higher note and more volume, consequently we had to abandon the test on that car. We are going to repeat the test with a new set of brake linings, on one of our expl. cars and shall see whether we obtain any better results before we can say definitely if there is anything in the idea of tapering the front of the shoes off. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GM. | ||