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 vehicle faults and complaints from January to June 1939.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0078 | |
Date | 1st June 1939 guessed | |
1939 JAN FEB MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE REAR SILENCER BAFFLE LOOSE COMPLAINT RATTLES P.160 P.159 P.158 REAR AXLE OIL LEAKS P.206 REAR AXLE NOISY DUE TO A - FAULTY THRUST RACE B - FAULTY ROLLER RACE C - THRUST RACE CAGE BROKEN D - BROKEN BALLS IN THRUST RACE E - NO PRE LOAD F - GEAR TEETH PICKED UP. *G - NOSE BEARING H - EXTENSION FRACTURED FAULTY BEDDING DATA POINTS: P.160, W.282, W.288, P.166, SLACK IN DIFF, W.324, W.328 REAR AXLE DRIVING SHAFT FAILURE DATA POINTS: W.330, W.333 REAR AXLE DRIVING DOG RATTLE * A - RATTLE CHANGED B - BROKEN C - LUBRICATED D - OVERSIZE FITTED DATA POINTS: W.297, .005, .003, P.206 AVERAGE MILEAGE JAN 11000 FEB 436 APRIL 5761 LOWEST MILEAGE GIP 4080 THRUST RACE NOW BEING FITTED I.E. IMPROVED CAGE INCREASED PRE-LOAD DOUBLE ROLLER RACE BEING TRIED GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 4 | ||