The inspection of a gearbox oil leak, servo, and brake system condition.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\2\ 02-page127 | |
| Date | 16th February 1929 guessed | |
| Halos washed off with petrol & cleaned up. 'Gear Box wash down'. (oil level in Box) 6 3/4" from dip stick flange to oil level, when box was hot. With the vent on gear box lid. {A. J. Lidsey} further tests were carried out - The gear box was free from oil leak. - Servo dismantled & halos found to be dry, & free from oil - A slight amount of oil had run down the outer face of drum, this apparently, coming from the oil retainer on Servo drive - after the car had stood overnight - Further test proved Gear Box & Servo halos to be OK & free from oil leak. - In our opinion a vent should be fitted to this type of Gear Box + an oil thrower fitted on outer face of Servo drum to prevent oil dribbling down drum & fouling halos. The foot Brake on the chassis is greatly improved now Servo is free from oil - functioning OK - Although brake is not up to Standard - Starting from cold the braking is good - after covering a distance of 40 Miles the brake becomes less effective at high Speed & requires a greater amount of pressure on the foot pedal. All hubs have been removed & on examination the rear brake liners were found to be in poor condition. The faces are covered with mud & water - also shew signs of powdering - The front Brakes are | ||
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).