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Specification sheet for various chassis components including brakes, axles, and steering.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 83\1\  scan0090
Date  23th January 1936
  
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.15/KW.23.1.36.

Rear Brake Inter. Shaft.
Complete to standard L.O.P.

Propellor Shaft.
Hardy Spicer propellor shaft to be supplied by Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les.fitted with parts instructed under BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /TWD. {T. W. D’Aeith} 5/E.24.12.35. No damper to be fitted.

Rear Axle.
Complete to standard L.O.P. (10/41) and N.Sch.4452, except that the modification on drawings G.10123/4 to 19058 is to be fitted.
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Rear Brakes.
14" brake drums with steel shoes and reduced arc of embrace as instructed under BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /TWD. {T. W. D’Aeith} 2/E.9.12.35. drums to have ventilating holes deleted in accordance with Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} 12/KW.23.9.35. Adjustable ropes to be fitted.

Front Axle.
Complete to standard L.O.P. except that steering levers to suit 14" brake drums (Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2144/5) are to be fitted.

Front Brakes.
14" brake drums to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2144/5, shoes and other details as instructed under BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /TWD. {T. W. D’Aeith} 2/E.9.12.35. Adjustable ropes to be fitted.

Front Hubs.
To suit 14" brake drum scheme instructed under BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /TWD. {T. W. D’Aeith} 2/E.9.12.35, otherwise to standard L.O.P.

Cross Steering Tube.
Complete to standard L.O.P.
  
  
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).


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