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).
Vehicle faults including brake wear and multiple oil leaks, with a diagram illustrating a proposed solution for an axle leak.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\4\ scan0080 | |
| Date | 27th October 1938 guessed | |
| ( 2 ) 3) Tracking in Delco distributor cover and rapid wear of strengthened rubbing blocks. 4) Rapid wear of O.S.R. brake linings attributed to overheating and suggest reduced servo leverage to rear brakes. We will await instructions from you before altering anything. 5) Reduced range with small petrol tank criticised. 6) Oil leaks from D.W.S. portable hydraulic jack. 7) Oil leaks from rear axle were past oil seals having crept along bearing housing instead of dripping into retainer and hence out of drain holes. The leaks have now practically stopped; they would never have been serious had they gone out of the drains instead of onto the brakes. The oil continues to weep out past the taper pins in the spring seats, believe it or not. The carrier plate joints are not leaking. LIP REQUIRED PRESENT PATH OF OIL | ||