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).
Fault analysis chart from 1939 tracking clutch and brake issues over six months.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0077 | |
Date | 1st June 1939 guessed | |
Title and Headers: 1939 JAN, FEB, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE Section 1: CLUTCH JAGGER Codes: A - UNIT CHANGED B - PLATE CHANGED C - RELINED D - EASE SPLINES E - RESET FINGERS F - RESET PROP. SHAFT DAMPER G - WORN OUT H - THRUST RACE NOISY Data/Notes from Chart: 7, 3, P181, 8 Section 2: BRAKE SQUEAK Codes: A = ROUGH UP RESET B = RELINE C = FIERCE POLISH DRUMS D = FRONT PULL UNEVEN E = HAND BRAKE POOR F = ANTI JUDDER LINKS RATTLE G = REAR STICKS Data/Notes from Chart: 10, P159, 13, 20, 31,500 MILES, 22,000 MILES, 21,520, AVERAGE 23,595 General Notes: C WORN DOWN TO RIVETS AVERAGE MILEAGE 23.000 COMPLAINTS REPORTED ARE BASED ON A MILEAGE UP TO 13.000. ABOVE THIS THEY ARE GENERALLY CHARGED FOR AND NOT REPORTED. Section 3: BRAKES INEFFICIENT Subtitle: RELINE OR ROUGH UP SERVO Codes: A - ROUGH UP B - RELINE Data/Notes from Chart: 4, 7, 6, 5 Section 4: BRAKE MECHANISM SQUEAKS Data/Notes from Chart: 2, 2, HAND BRAKE, P185 Footer: G.W.H. 5 | ||