Alarming situation with bent guides for the rear brakes discovered during the fitting of new brake shoes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\2\ 02-page247 | |
| Date | 7th May 1929 | |
| To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} and Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From G.W.H. X7S41 95 Hotel de France Chateauroux(French test region) Indre 7/5/29 In fitting the new brake shoes we have come accross a rather alarming situation. We found that the guides for the rear brakes had from some cause at present unknown been bent over as per sketch. The bent portion being outwards as if the shoes had at the toggle end tried to open out towards the drum. We have not observed this feature before and wondered whether any of the cars at Derby had the same feature. G.W.H. | ||
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).