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Comparative table of specifications for half-floating axles on various car models.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 111\4\  scan0006
Date  25th October 1937 guessed
  
HALF FLOATING AXLES

CAR | UPSET OR TAPER | OVERHANG | METHOD OF LOCATING BRG | DIA. OF SHAFT AT BRG
PACKARD 120 | TAPER 1 IN 6 | 1.8 | SHOULDER INSIDE HUB & WASHER OUTSIDE | 1.500
CADILLAC 60 | TAPER 1 IN 16¼ | | SHOULDER INSIDE HUB & WASHER OUTSIDE | 1.532
OLDSMOBILE 1937 | UPSET | 2.625 | SHOULDER OUTSIDE SLEEVE PRESSED ON IN-SIDE | 1.532
VAUXHALL 25 | UPSET | | | 1.770
BENTLEY 8 LITRE | TAPER 1 IN 11 | 1.350 | |
ROVER | UPSET | 2.437 | NUT OUTWARDS DIFF INWARDS | 1.375
LAGONDA | TAPER | 1.5 | | 1.57
  
  
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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