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).
The issue of squeaking brakes on the 20 HP model and the unacceptable nature of the current remedy.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5\3\ 03-page103 | |
| Date | 18th March 1925 | |
| -> To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from E.J. Copies to..R.W.H. D.F. X4257 EJS/H18.3.25. SQUEAKING BRAKES ON 20 HP. Please let me know what is the position in regard to squeaky brakes on the 20 h.p. Are we making experiments to overcome this squeak in future? I understand that at present the only way of curing it is to tell the driver that he should, every morning, run the car on 2nd gear for a few hundred yards with the brake on, and in particularly obstinate cases apply paraffin. This does not sound right for the owner of a Rolls-Royce to have to go through this business every morning. E.J. | ||