Faults and proposed remedies for various vehicle components including exhaust manifolds, shock absorbers and springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\2\ Scan240 | |
| Date | 6th March 1930 guessed | |
| -4- ment over the ordinary C.&.A. washer. There are no results yet to report of this washer. Broken Exhaust Manifolds. This is a fairly new trouble which has also been found on Phantom II. It was agreed that it should be watched and reported on more fully next quarter. A suggestion will be made by BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} to Lm. who will issue a Depot sheet. Hydraulic shock absorbers. It was explained that drilling the valves cures the troublesome knocks and was not only a method of rendering the shock absorbers more suitable for harsh springing at low speeds. Piston Knocks and seizures. In connection with the petrol reaching the cylinder walls from the starter carburetter, the fact that the starter carburetter lever can work up from the running position was discussed, and it was decided to advance again to W. Hittering the suggestion that this lever should be spring controlled. The question of an extra oil supply to come into use with the starter carburetter was not mentioned. Springing complaints. Experiments have shown that it is advisable to fit front springs with more camber especially on chassis fitted with Weymann bodies, which are the most difficult to deal with. The springs grooved for lubrication from the shackle bolts or from a lubricator at the after end of Cantelever springs are highly successful in complaint cases. It is an £18 job if the car has already hydraulic shock absorbers. If without these, they should be suggested as improvements to be fitted at the charge of the owner. Works is being more successful in saving expense by exchanging gaiters in these cases for other secondhand ones. The grooved and lubricated springs are not thought to affect adversely the riding at higher speeds. Servo Jammers. One of the primary causes of this trouble is the fact that dust from the halo causes the guide to stick. A new material is to be tried by | ||
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).