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Tabulated log detailing component breakages and remarks against running time and piece number.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\L\2April1924-June1924\  Scan98
Date  1st April 1924 guessed
  
BREAKAGES.
Total running time hrs. mins. | Piece No. | Running time. hrs. mins. | Description and remarks.
37 43 | K.5422 | 7 45 | Front clip of rear side front spring broken.
38 43 | F.71009 | 24 43 | O.S. front spring (Firth 1250 lbs.) top leaf broken 6¼" front from rear end.
41 48 | F.71009 | 27 48 | N.S. front spring (Firth 1250 lb) top leaf broken 6" front from front end.
(blank) | K.5422 | 41 48 | Rear clip N.S. front spring broken.
43 8 | F.1328 | still running | N.S. bracket of 5th. cross member broken in two places.
(blank) | F.1328 | * * | O.S. bracket of 5th. cross member broken at bolt hole.
43 26 | F.4614 | 18 46 | Rear buffer spring in rear joint side steering tube broken.
45 15 | F.7388 | still running | O.S. frame member cracked at ballast box support bolt hole.
(blank) | F.6979 | * * | Cross tie of steering column cracked at central lug.
48 0 | K.5422 | 10 17 | Front clip of N.S. front spring broken.
50 0 | F.4614 | 50 0 | Rear buffer spring in front joint side steering tube broken.
51 0 | F.4614 | 7 34 | Rear buffer spring in rear joint side steering tube broken.
54 35 | F.71008 | 15 52 | O.S. front spring (Firth 1207 lbs.) top leaf broken 2" to rear of centre bolt.
55 0 | F.2306 | 55 0 | N.S. bracket from 5th. cross member to rear spring fulcrum broken.
56 5 | K.5422 | 56 5 | Front clip of O.S. front spring broken.
59 45 | F.2871 | 59 45 | Steering column clip on 2nd. cross member broken.
60 53 | F.71008 | 19 5 | N.S. front spring (Firth 1205 lbs.) top leaf broken 2" to front of centre bolt.

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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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