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).
Potential improvements to the four-wheel brake system compensation on the 40/50 model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\2\ scan0191 | |
| Date | 14th January 1924 | |
| X.9940 To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to CJ. c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} DaY/M14.1.24. 40/50 - FOUR WHEEL BRAKES. X.9940. It appears to be desirable to improve the compensation on the front brakes as much as possible. We think that the bearing for the cross shafts on the front axle would be improved if arranged as shewn on N.sch.1731 herewith. The difference consists in removing the double friction from the long flexible shaft, and adding it to the short stiff shaft. On the same drawing we shew an alternative in which an entirely independent bearing is provided for each shaft which might prove to be still better if we were found practical to line up all 4 bearings in this way. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||