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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).
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
  
  


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