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Bar chart analysing vehicle faults by category on a monthly basis for the latter half of 1938.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\3\  scan0028
Date  23th November 1938
  
1938
JULY, AUG, SEPT, OCT, NOV, DEC

BRAKES
THUMP
RESET
SWINGING ARM
Data: 11, 9, 4, 6, 3, 6

STEERING TROUBLES
A: WANDERING RESET CROSS & SIDE STEERING TUBE POUNDAGE
B: BALANCE FRONT WHEELS
C: CONTROLS RATTLE FIT NEW FELT
D: KNOCK FROM SIDE STEERING TUBE
E: COLUMN RACE SLACK
F: CHECK SPRING CLIPS
G: SLACK PIVOTS
H: STICKING, EASE WORM & NUT
I: LOSS OF OIL FROM BOX
J: BOX LOOSE ON FRAME
K: WORN BALL PINS
Data: 18, 32, 29, 27, 20, 15

FRONT AXLE
CONTROL RATTLE
Data: 6, 9, 9, 12, 7, 5

PROP. SHAFT
DAMPER
SEIZED
Data: NIL, 7, 3, 1, 4

Annotations:
Steering Aug: A:I.3 F.1, B:A.5, C:E.3, E:C.3, F:D.3, G:B.3, J:C.10
Steering Sept: A:HEAVY LIGHT, C:E.3, D:K.2, E:A.4, F:H.1 G.1, H:B.6, J:C.10
Steering Oct: A:D.4, C:F.1, E:MOD.A, I:RATTLE MIXTURE CON, H:E.1 G.2, J:C.10
Steering Nov: A:FRONT RESET, E:K.1, F:D.2, G:B.2, H:G.2, J:C.10
Steering Dec: A:P.138 TWISTED AXLE CONTROL, E:K.1, F:D.2, G:G.2 B.2, H:SLACK WORM & NUT, A W.283 B W.283 C W.282 D W.279 E W.277 F P.153 G P.151
Prop. Shaft Aug: W.283, W.279
Prop. Shaft Nov: J
Prop. Shaft Dec: W.279, W.277, K

Right Panel:
MOD REQUIRED FOR C
DEPOT. MOD. FOR CROSS & SIDE STEERING TUBE CONTACTS FOR A. {Mr Adams} GIVING GOOD RESULTS
BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /NS {Norman Scott} 3/G 23-11-38
MOD FOR ITEM C GIVING GOOD RESULTS
CHIEFLY BRONZE CONTACTS AND CHARGEABLE

Bottom Right:
G.W.H.S (SHEET 2)
  
  
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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