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Component failures due to vibration, covering spring clips, dashbrackets, and radiator springs.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\N\July1925-September1925\  Scan26
Date  25th September 1924
  
R.R. 493A (50H) (D.B. 175 25-9-24) J.H.D.

EXPERIMENTAL REPORT.
-4-
Expl. No.
REF Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /LS/LG3.7.25.
C

there is slight vibration, bolts invariably breaking across waisted portions.

hrs. mins.
Front spring clip of front O.S. spring broken after 51 30
" " " " N.S. " " 84 30
Rear " " " " N.S. " " 105 0

'D' type DASHBRACKET.
hrs. mins.
N.S. dashbrkt. cracked after 36 10
O.S. " " 51 20
N.S. " " 47 5
O.S. " " 50 25

The radiator down springs appears to give a little too much movement of radiator - 12 springs broken during test and 4 new springs guides and washers fitted.

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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).


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