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Investigation into mud ingress in a brake drum assembly and the effect of dust cover design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5\3\ 03-page214 | |
| Date | 1st February 1925 guessed | |
| contd :- -2- [Diagram Text] MAJORITY OF MUD ENTERS HERE GRADUALLY DECREASING TO NOTHING TOWARDS BOTTOM OF LEADING SHOE LEADING SHOE DIRECTION OF DRUM ROTATION NO APPRECIABLE QUANTITY OF MUD ENTERS ON THIS SIDE (TRAILING SHOE) Fig I [Main Text] The question was raised as to whether the effect of increasing the clearance between the dust cover and the brake drum consequent upon drum distortion, due to brake application, allows mud to enter. An examination of Fig.1. disproves this theory - it is noticeable that the majority of the mud enters at the point where the clearance between the dust cover and the drum is actually decreased by brake application; we find the maximum increase in clearance to be .030" at the points of centre of pressure of the brake shoes, the clearance level with the toggle and shoe fulcrums decreasing a corresponding amount. In accordance with DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}'s suggestions we have carried out tests on the three types of dust cover shown in Fig.11. The types of dust cover shown in A, and B, were found to give no better result than standard. Type C, showed approx. 25% improvement, but mud collects between the drum and the cover, and contd :- | ||