Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud - Page 15

Rolls-Royce
Silver
Cloud,
Silver Cloud ll ond
Phontom
V
Chapter A
Workshop
Manual
Bentley
Sl, Bentley 52
ond Bentley
Continental
52
Brakes
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Power
assjstance
provided
by a servo motor.
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P
Footbrake
Independent
twin hydraulic system
with
additional mechanical
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.E
linkage
to rear shoes.
E
Handbrake Mechanical
to rear wheels
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Brake
shoe
linings Ferodo
DS2 or
Mintex M 14
Friction lining area
(4
brakes)
52 cars 240
sq.in.
(1548
sq.cm.)
Bentley
Continental 52 cars
304 sq.in.
(1960
sq.cm.)
Handbrake
lever
Twist
grip
barrel type
Servo Motor
General The
servo motor
operates on the
principle
of the dry disc
clutch.
The lined
friction
plate
is driven from the
gearbox
final shaft
at
approximately
one-fifth
of the
propeller
shaft
speed.
Servo motor lining Ferodo
DM8
Cam angle
52
cars
37.5 deg. -
twin
master cylinders
Bentley
Continental
52
cars 47 deg. -
twin master
cylinders
Front
Hubs
General
Two
taper roller
races
Wheels and
Tyres
Wheels Bolted-on
pressed
steel wheels with covering
discs.
Rim wheels
Well base rims"
6L
x
15'00 in.
Tyres
Standard
52
cars
8'20
in. x
15'00 in.
Bentley
Continental
52 cars 8'00 in. x 15'00 in.
Phantom
V cars
8'90
in.
x
15'00 in.
Steering
Type
Power assisted
Steering unit
Cam
and roller
Drive
Right-hand or left-hand
Steering
wheel
diameter
17 in.
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s
Susoension
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Front
Independent coil spring suspension,
hydraulic
shock dampers
and anti-roll stabiliser.
Rear
(except
Phantom V)
Semielliptic
leaf
springs. Controllable
hydraulic
shock
dampers.
A
special form of axle control rod is fitted which,
together
with the
road
springs, takes the torque and brake reaction.
Phantom V
The
Phantom
V is
as
specified above
with
the exception of
the rear
axle
control
rod which
is
not
fitted
to the Phantom V chassis.
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