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Report regarding a front brake seizure complaint, suggesting two potential causes for the issue.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 89\4\  scan0262
Date  7th February 1938
  
RV
c to Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
261.
Hd {Mr Hayward / Mr Huddy} /SB {Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} 16/HR.7.2.38.

re CHASSIS NO. B.86-KT.
Owner's Complaint Report No. W.122.
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With reference to the above Complaint Report in connection with a front brake seizure, we do not know whether you feel that any form of lubrication should be provided, but it occurs to us that two other factors may be responsible:-

1. The bearings may be too tight initially.

2. Water and dirt may get into the bearing due to its exposed position.

AFM {Anthony F. Martindale}
consider this
Hd {Mr Hayward / Mr Huddy} /SB {Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} 16
GRJ
  
  
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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