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).
Quarterly complaints report detailing clutch slip issues and their resolutions on various cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\1\ scan0068 | |
| Date | 7th December 1933 | |
| N-W Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} BRY x5300 Br2/A.{Mr Adams} 7.12.33 ----------------- re Technical - Clutch Slip 20/25 - Quarterly complaints ------------------- With reference to your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}6/KT12.10.33, I give below a list of cars which have been brought in to us with a complaint of clutch slip and which we have treated by "roasting":- GWX/34 Mileage 8712. Clutch slip cured but bad jaggering still existed. This clutch was therefore dismantled and dealt with for the latter complaint GHW/55 Mileage 8932. Trouble cured GSY/21 Mileage not taken. Trouble cured GWX/70 Mileage 4366. Trouble cured GLZ/9 Mileage 7839. Trouble cured GEX/44 Mileage 5762. Trouble cured GRW/1 Mileage 6915. Trouble cured GDX/33 Mileage not known. Slip cured, but clutch had to be dismantled for attention for jaggering. GMU/50 Mileage 12664. Trouble cured GAU/26 Mileage 22006. Trouble cured GAU/28 Mileage 13962. Trouble cured GKT/25 Mileage 19474. Trouble cured GAU/39 Mileage 13500. Trouble cured GPS/2 Mileage 21911. Trouble cured GWP/24 Mileage 46675. Clutch recently relined at W. Trouble cured GAU/35 Mileage 7833. Trouble cured GKT/3 Mileage 14019. Clutch seized during "roasting". Therefore dismantled for attention GRW/8 Clutch seized, therefore dismantled. | ||