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Side steering layout and front shock absorber mounting for the Bentley III.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\5\ scan0227 | |
| Date | 10th December 1936 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Copy to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} HFS. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/APM. Side Steering Layout and Front Shock Absorber Mounting - Bentley III. We send herewith N.Sch.4972, sheets 1 and 2, showing the layout of the side steering tube geometry and the shock damper mounting. You have already received complete designs for the side steering tube and the cross steering tube, and are awaiting information from us to say which of the various types of adjustable end shall be used. As soon as the Cost Dept. give us their figures we shall be able to release the design for the adjustable end for detailing. The shock damper is a standard Bentley with the exception of the length and section of the operating lever which can be lighter than on the present Bentley as only damping loads have to be contended with. A rubber ended link conveys the drive from the lower triangle. The design of this link is given on N.Sch.4948 and N.Sch.4980. We have ascertained that the geometry of this link is such that it clears the top triangle on full bump. The pallet fixing to the shock absorber lever and the lower triangle is by means of a pressed in serrated fit, details of which were shown on the scheme for the triangle lever. The upper and lower pallets are identical. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Att:N.Sch.4972 (2 sheets). | ||