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).
Instructions for setting non-squeak brake shoes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 12\5\ 05-page251 | |
| Date | 6th January 1931 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} X7930. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}2/KT.6.1.31. X.7930. X.5930. I have been asked to give instructions re the setting of the non squeak brake shoes. The brake shoes should be bedded in without any springs being in position and the front portion of the shoe should be choc-a-bloc. The shoes are then bedded in exactly the same way as the solid shoes. The pilot shoe is then dismantled and the springs fitted. The set screws are screwed up until there is a gap of .020" .025" between the front end of the pilot shoe base and the main shoe. These leave a free movement to compress the pilot shoe .020 .025. It should be locked up in this position. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||