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).
Quarterly report summarizing vehicle component failures and remarks on corrective actions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\3\ Scan531 | |
| Date | 31th December 1932 guessed | |
| - 12 - 20 HP. 25 HP. PH.I. PH.II. TOTAL. GRAND TOTAL. REMARKS. TRANSMISSION - REAR AXLE THRUST. December Quarter. C.C. 2 8 - 1 11) 16 W.P. - 3 - 2 5) Previous " C.C. 3 9 - - 12) 21 W.P. 2 5 - 2 9) Six Months. 7 25 - 5 37 37 REMARKS: 20/25 HP. - New type thrust bearings now available. No failures of this type are yet reported. See Depot Sheet No. M1.214. Ph.II.- The limits have been altered to reduce thud on the pick up. TRANSMISSION - REAR AXLE OIL LEAKS. December Quarter. C.C. - - - 6 6) 8 W.P. - - - 2 2) Previous " C.C. - - - 17 17) 36 W.P. - 1 - 18 19) Six Months. - 1 - 43 44 44 REMARKS: Complaints on Ph.II are being dealt with by modifying the N/S bearing housing and fitting an air vent. PROPELLER SHAFT - OIL LEAKS. December Quarter. C.C. - 3 - 9 12) 12 W.P. - - - - -) Previous " C.C. - 2 - 9 11) 14 W.P. - 1 - 2 3) Six Months. - 6 - 20 26 26 REMARKS: This job is now being improved by the Works during manufacture. TELEGAUGE FAILURES. December Quarter. C.C. - 17 - 31 48) 62 W.P. - 1 - 13 14) Previous " C.C. - 34 - 48 82) 117 W.P. 3 13 - 19 35) Six Months. 3 65 - 111 179 179 REMARKS: These are all Hobson K.S. Gauges. Generally speaking, these instruments are not too reliable. | ||