Steering, brake fade

[rob love]

CGB is commonly used on Canadian parts which were slightly redesigned from their UK counterparts. It will have nothing to do with Girling, but is more likely to mean Canadian Great Britain.

From another Canadian manual explaining the part numbers prefixes (in this case 40mm guns):

CGB...a) Parts re-designed to suit Canadian production methods not interchangeable with UK couterparts

b) Also, in some cases, these code letters have been utilized in regrouping stores to simplify accounting and storage. In such cases interchangeability will be readily appreciated by a comparison of columns.....

[Michael R.]

Something new... I also associated CGB with Canada Girling Brake.

I have seen the plungers with and without the part numbers. Two different styles of end shapes. Not uncommon to see the slotted end with one side fractured. After using the screw driver method to remove and replace the shoes when the parts are seized, I understand how that can happen.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by rob love

CGB is commonly used on Canadian parts which were slightly redesigned from their UK counterparts. It will have nothing to do with Girling, but is more likely to mean Canadian Great Britain.

From another Canadian manual explaining the part numbers prefixes (in this case 40mm guns):

CGB...a) Parts re-designed to suit Canadian production methods not interchangeable with UK couterparts

b) Also, in some cases, these code letters have been utilized in regrouping stores to simplify accounting and storage. In such cases interchangeability will be readily appreciated by a comparison of columns.....

My memory lapsed when writing that post, GB is the prefix of Girling component part numbers, just double checked one of their own catalogues. Having worked on the brakes of a British made Carrier, they are marked just GB as I would expect. Nothing to do with Gt. Britain as such.

[rob love]

Well now you have me wondering if it is Girling Brake.

The CGB prefix is comonly used in other areas of canadian part numbers. Optics, like the no32 Snipers Telescopes or cases were marked with that prefix when produced in Canada. Canada also used CGB from the original AN part numbers for the Bofors guns. I am sure I have seen that prefix in other areas too. But to look at the Cdn carrier parts manual, I note the GB and CGB prefix is limited to the brake system. Perhaps I stand corrected, and the CGB in the UC parts catalogue is unrelated to the CGB used elswhere in the Canadian system.

[Lynn Eades]

I can't be 100% sure, as I am not home and cannot check, but I think I have a housing that is 1936 dated. This must just about predate the carriers as we know them.

[RichardT10829]

Just about there with the brakes system... I have noticed the near side is still dragging, I went to put the gauge back into the bell crank to find it way off the hull... The only thing left that would do this is the short linkage rod that runs horizontal under the gunners feet. I have withdrawn this from the system and it appears that one set of threads is shorter than the other. The entire rod measures 24" exactly. Is this correct length ? I remember Shaun asking if it was original at the time we first bolted everything up, as he was not happy with it. On a plus side the drivers side works perfectly, just starts to catch at 90deg with then nipped up full when full lock applied... Zero drag on release.

[Ben]

The length needs to be right for you're carrier, it'll be a little different from mine for example. If it needs the clevis wound in a little, just do it.

Glad it seems to be working with a simple solution.

[RichardT10829]

Can anyone with a universal mk1 / mk2 check the length of the rod for me ?