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).
Inspection report detailing the condition of various vehicle components and assemblies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0123 | |
| Date | 31th January 1936 guessed | |
| Oil Pipes & Fittings. Junction on O.S. front spring clip broken at foot. Undersheets. Both engine side guards cracked at louvered section. Front Shock Dampers. Wearing Pads F.59290 (S/AL) slightly worn. Intermediate Levers F.79293 (S/ANX) lightly scored Low pressure Valves - lightly pitted on seatings Pistons & Cylinders - general condition good Anchorage for Front Axle Control Dampers. Front end bush FB.622 - starved of oil Spindle F.100903 - slightly worn Ball Pads F.100470, F.100890 900 lightly scored. Rear Shock Dampers. Wearing Pads F.59290 (S/AL)- the rear pad in each piston badly picked up and worn. Front pads only slightly worn. Pistons F.59293 and Main Cylinders F.59966/7 lightly scored, particularly on the offside. Intermediate Levers F.85054 - slight wear and scoring on thrust faces. Main Levers F.100878 - slight wear on gland section. Low Pressure Valves F.85640 - slight wear and pitting on seating. High Pressure Valves F.85592 - scored externally and operating stiffly on L.P. Valve. Ball Pads - general condition good, slight wear on lower ball pad F.100752. FRONT AXLE & BRAKES. (Production Axle) General condition good, all joints receiving oil and no oil on brake gear. Front Axle - LoP GB.1235. Axle Beam GB.1224 - N.S. pivot end set up .050 and both ends set backwards, N.S.-.070: O.S. - .025. (see sketch attached) | ||