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Shaft failures and maintenance history for two vehicles.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 156\4\  scan0076
Date  11th August 1937
  
SHAFT FAILURES. -2- 11.8.37.

B.71.BW. Baker. ORIGINAL OWNER. Failure 3.7.37. mileage 54,382.
Engine -
Clutch - re-line 20,000, re-line 49,000.
Brakes - re-bed 10,000, re-bed 20,000, re-line 36,000, re-bed 52,000.

B.192.HK. {Col. T. Harker - Sales} Groom. ORIGINAL OWNER. Failure 29.7.37. mileage 14,773.
Engine - smashed up - new unit fitted 7201. Over revved.
Clutch -
Brakes -
  
  
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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