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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).
Scheme to cure servo judders on Bentley III and 50 models by fitting a front brake damper.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 121\1\  scan0050
Date  22th September 1938
  
BY/NS{Norman Scott}
c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/TWD{T. W. D???Aeith}
c. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/JD{J. Draper - Frames}
c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM{Anthony F. Martindale}
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DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}13/G.22.9.38.
MARTINDALE
BENTLEY III and 50.
FRONT BRAKE GEAR.
Hydraulic front brakes have got to be urged.
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Please receive herewith the following
scheme :-
F.CD.910 Front Brake Damper and Side Steering Geometry.
The above scheme shews a standard 1.000 bore Armstrong shock damper attached to the frame, carrying the front idler lever.
This has been found necessary to cure servo judders.
Please instruct experimentally.
DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  


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