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).
Faults related to stiff steering and front axle control over a six-month period.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\2\ scan0297 | |
| Date | 13th July 1937 guessed | |
| ( 8 ) 20. STEERING STIFF. 3.1/2 Litre 4.1/4 Litre Total June quarter C.C. 2 2 Previous quarter C.C. C.P. Six Months 2 2 B-60-GA. 52.045 Km. Paris Trial's Car. Failure of oil feed pipe to front axle causing pivot bushes and friction washers to partially seize up. B-26-KT. 589 Miles. Sent a mechanic to Aix-les-Bains Steering tightened up and was very stiff. Lapped worm and nut in with Whitmore's "O" compound. F.T. HARDY How do you account for this? 21. FRONT AXLE CONTROL DRY & SQUEAKS. June quarter C.C. 3 1 4 C.P. 5 3 8 Previous quarter C.C. 2 C.P. 2 4 Six Months 10 6 16 B-174-DG. 31.241 Km. Fitted Z.3.T type metering valve. B-73-EJ. 32.970 Km. as above B-169-GP. 3.965 Mls. " B-9-DK. 17.476 Km. " B-86-BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} 2.473 Mls. " B-107-GP. 15.223 Km. " B-137-EJ. 50.219 " " B-174-EF. 24.468 " " B-74-FB. 24.745 " " B-61-GA. 11.322 " " B-171-DK. 39.878 " " B-192-GA. 14.022 " " Routine job. When attending to front axle controls, we replace the Z T 2 metering valve by the Z T 3 type. | ||