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Log sheet detailing vehicle component breakages and failures with corresponding running times.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\L\2April1924-June1924\  Scan99
Date  1st April 1924 guessed
  
Total running time. hrs. mins. | Piece No. | Running time. hrs. mins. | BREAKAGES. Description and remarks.
67 23 | F.587 | 67 23 | Steering tube broken directly above worm.
| F.6979 | 67 23 | Cross tie of steering column broken at central lug.
| F.9702 | 67 23 | One arm of steering rocker shaft found broken.
73 5 | F.71009 | 18 30 | O.S. front spring (Firth 1250 lbs.) top leaf broken 2" to front of centre bolt.
76 35 | F.7387 | still running | Crack started in N.S. frame member, running horizontally at base of 1st. cross member.
78 7 | F.7387 | 53 27 | N.S. frame member cracked vertically through radiator bracket bolt hole.
New frame fitted (excluding dumb irons, springs, anchorages etc.)
80 49 | | 80 49 | Both bolts sheared which attach steering arm to near side stub-axle.
81 29 | F.4614 | 81 29 | Front buffer spring of front joint side steering tube broken.
84 19 | F.71009 | 25 26 | N.S. front spring (Firth 1250 lbs.) top leaf broken 2" to front of centre bolt.
87 0 | F.4614 | 5 31 | Front buffer spring of front joint side steering tube broken.
| F.4614 | 37 0 | Near buffer spring of front joint side steering tube broken.
96 45 | F.71009 | 23 40 | O.S. front spring (Firth 1250 lbs.) top leaf broken 2" to front of centr bolt.

Spring failures - N.S. - 4
O.S. - 5 Total - 9.

Average life of springs.
N.S. - 24 hrs. 11 mins.
O.S. - 19 hrs. 21 mins.

Irrespective of position - 21 hrs. 30 mins.

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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).


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