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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).
Quarterly brake complaints for the December quarter of 1934.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 130\1\  scan0196
Date  31th December 1934
  
QUARTERLY COMPLAINTS - DECEMBER QUARTER 1934.

Customer's Complaint. - C.C.
Company Policy. - C.P.

TOTAL BRAKE COMPLAINTS.

TOTAL. REMARKS.

December Quarter. C.C. 131) 146
C.P. 15)

Previous quarter. C.C. 40) 43
C.P. 3

Six Months. 189

These are the total brake complaints. We give below an analysis of these complaints, at the request of the Experimental Department.

1. TRAMPING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT SPEED.

Nil.

2. BRAKE JUDDER AT ABOUT 40 M.P.H. WHEN BRAKES ARE FLICKED ON.

December Quarter. C.C. 7) 7
C.P. -)

Three Months. 7

May be reduced by increasing servo damping. See Depot Sheet No. Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}270.

3. JUDDERING WHEN BRAKES ARE WET. (OCCURS WHEN CAR IS COMING TO REST).

December quarter. C.C. 7) 7
C.P. -)

Three Months. 7

Water Excluders in course of preparation.
  
  


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