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} 1029 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} | ||