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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).
Rattling brake shoes on a Bentley 3.B.50.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 111\3\  scan0134
Date  3rd February 1940
  
(Wym{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}) Have you got the jenger on these shoes? 8008.
To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Rigby.
c Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/T.D.
File Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}2/BA.3.2.40.
Bentley 3.B.50.
We would like to draw your attention to the rattling of the brake shoes on the carrier plate on the rear brakes of the above car.
This matter was known to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Dixon, but I do not think it has yet received design attention.
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}
  
  


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