Summary of car issues including brake wear, failing drip plugs, and crankshaft bearing trouble.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\3\ 03-page552 | |
| Date | 9th December 1931 | |
| -4- HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} 1/AD 9.12.31.cont'd. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} SUMMARY. - The worst feature on the car was the brake wear. We hope to cure this trouble by getting heat away more readily with the ribbed brake drums which have already been designed and are running on a number of experimental cars. So far these have given promising results. The number of drip plugs which have failed is rather disconcerting and we are trying to get an improvement in design from the Luvax people. The balanced crankshaft should overcome our trouble with the centre bearing but we think the bearings cap design might be considered. We think the condition of the cylinders is an excellent recommendation for extra oil. HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} | ||
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).