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).
List of specifications for rear components, servo, hand brake, and suspension systems.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\2\ scan0400 | |
Date | 3rd November 1938 | |
-2- Rear Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Adjustor GCD.770. Pedals FCW.873. Pull off springs FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}262. Stiffening plate FC.273, GCD.892. Servo. Servo FC.211. Servo drive FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}222, but with whole bronze worm wheel. Balancer FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}212. Hand Brake. Quadrant GCS.913. Brake leverages FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}265. Brake lining to be instructed later. Suspension. Front springs 8" deflection. All springs to be cadmium plated, but not pickled or cyanided. Upper yoke bearing. Silentbloc without rolled ends. Lower yoke bearing. Silentbloc FCW.913. Stiffened yoke FCW.129. Front dampers as latest L.U.V. (glands, perfect oil seals, knurled shafts, malleable iron pistons i.e. phon steel, side valves, no bellows. Pipes to be fitted but not connected up). Roll rod FCH.767, 794, (Dim. to be instructed later) Lower triangle stay FCW.881. Hubs IOF.SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}4174 R.C. Brgs. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} | ||