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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).
Blueprint illustrating a bent off-side brake toggle from a Bentley 3.5 Litre front brake after a 17,000-mile test.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 90\5\  scan0138
Date  2nd July 1936
  
Ex I 46
DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF BRAKE DRUM
BOTH TOGGLES BENT
ADJUSTMENT ROD BENT ABOUT TRUNNION
TOGGLE SHAFT OPENED OUT
SO AS TO ENABLE THE TOGGLE TO COME OUT OF ITS SOCKET
BENTLEY 3.5.L. IS.N. FRONT BRAKES
OFF-SIDE BRAKE TOGGLE AFTER 17.000 MILES TEST
PROBABLY DUE TO JUDDERS.
STAMP: ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD [illegible] LIAISON ROOM 2 JUL 1936 DERBY.
HANDWRITTEN: Ex I 46 W.B. 29.6.36
  
  


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