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Log of a running test on the rear of a 40/50 chassis, detailing failures over 100 hours.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 180\M1\6\  img034
Date  15th December 1921 guessed
  
40/50 CHASSIS.
Running Test on Rear of Chassis.

Total hours Remarks

30 hours. Bolt fixing stay for centre bracket for cantilever spring broken.

42 " Stay broken on centre bracket of rear spring.

53 " Rear spring second leaf broken O.S.

87 " Flange on cross member at centre bearing broken.

89 " Rear spring 3rd. and 4th. leaves broken N.S.

100 " O.K.

COPY OF M.S. SHEET (ORIGINAL) No. 11/1703A
  
  
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).


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