Steering, brake fade

[Michael R.]

The Windsor carrier has adjustable outer bell crank stops. As well, the long rods are fitted with return springs.

Does Lynn mean the gauge blocks drawing? Note these do not apply to the Windsor.

[Michael R.]

brake pages from Maintenance and Repairs

[Michael R.]

Steering pages from MnR

[Michael R.]

brake quiz Q&A for drivers.

NOTE: Procedure item (iv)

[RichardT10829]

Pulled the plungers and cleaned them whilst I was on. Found a part number of CGB - 1193 on one plunger and no part number on the other. The plunger with the CGB number on is slightly shorter than the one without ?

The CGB code as I understood it was a special code for parts manufactured to UK spec ?

My carrier is a 42 unit but didn't expect to find any British kit on it.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

Pulled the plungers and cleaned them whilst I was on. Found a part number of CGB - 1193 on one plunger and no part number on the other. The plunger with the CGB number on is slightly shorter than the one without ?

The CGB code as I understood it was a special code for parts manufactured to UK spec ?

My carrier is a 42 unit but didn't expect to find any British kit on it.

As Canadian Carriers are basically a copy of British ones and parts would have had to be interchangeable as much as possible I imagine, the brake expanders and adjusters were Girling brake components, the British Army code prefix for Girling was GB, so the Canadian made parts to British pattern were anointed with CGB. Not British parts but to our design.

[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.....