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).
Infrequent oil leaks on Phantom II front brakes, attributing the cause to bad fitting rather than a design fault.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 13\1\ 01-page41 | |
| Date | 20th January 1934 | |
| To EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X7360 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/KW.20.1.34. Phantom II Oil Leaks on Front Brakes. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}16/ML.12.1.34. We notice that the inefficiency of the front brakes on Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}'s car was due to oil leaking from the lower pivot flange. Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} tells us that this trouble has only been found on 2 or 3 out of the 1300 Phantom II cars that have been sold. Although we have had this trouble on Bentley Chassis we are of the opinion that the design on the 40/50 is not in any way at fault, but that the very rare cases of oil leaks are due to bad fitting. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Grylls. | ||