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).
Bar chart tracking clutch and brake complaints and their remedies over the first six months of 1939.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0047 | |
Date | 30th June 1939 | |
1939 JAN, FEB, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE CLUTCH JAGGER A - UNIT CHANGED B - PLATE CHANGED C - RELINED D - EASE SPLINES E - RESET FINGERS F - RESET PROP. SHAFT DAMPER G - WORN OUT Chart Data Jan: Total 7 (C,E,B,A) Chart Data Feb: Total 3 (A,F,B) BRAKE SQUEAK 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 Chart Data Jan: Total 10 (B,D). P 159 Chart Data Feb: Total 13 (B,A,C,E,G,D) BRAKES INEFFICIENT RELINE OR ROUGH UP SERVO A - ROUGH UP B - RELINE Chart Data Jan: Total 4 (B,A) Chart Data Feb: Total 7 (A,B) BRAKE MECHANISM SQUEAKS Chart Data Jan: Total 2 Chart Data Feb: Total 2 COMPLAINTS REPORTED ARE BASED ON A MILEAGE UP TO 13000 ABOVE THIS THEY ARE GENERALLY CHARGED FOR AND NOT REPORTED G.W.H. 5 | ||