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Test report detailing troubles and their remedies for the original high-speed servo on the 46-PK car.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 73\3\  scan0256
Date  11th December 1924 guessed
  
SHEET 2.
TEST NO 1.
ORIGINAL HIGH SPEED SERVO - 46-PK CAR. (Driven by PN. {Mr Northey} )

TROUBLES. | CAUSE OR REMEDY.
Clutch slipping. | Clutch springs too weak.
Braking very inconsistent: Brake equalisation varies. Servo gets very hot: requires re-lining after 800 miles. | Servo system condemned.
Reverse pinion seized. |
Spare wheel carrier bracket broken. |

MILEAGE 3183.

[Watermark: DICKINS MADE AT]
  
  
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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