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Condition report for a N.S. Rear Spring, detailing the location and length of cracks found in the leaves.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\O\2April1926-June1926\  Scan131
Date  22th April 1926
  
10-G-111.

N.S. Rear Spring (Firths) to Drg! F.53169 - 900 lbs.

Date fitted (in Derby). Date removed. 22.4.26.

TOTAL MILEAGE 7526.

Leaves. | Condition. | Where cracked, or broken. | Approx. length of crack.
1 top. | Cracked. | 5 3/8" rear of centre bolt, inside. | half way across.
2 | O.K.
3 | O.K.
4 | O.K.
5 | Cracked. | 2 3/8" rear of centre bolt - inside. | Right across.
6 | O.K.
7 | O.K.
8 | O.K.
9 | O.K.
10 | O.K.

[Diagram of a spring leaf]
rear. front.
outside. inside.
  
  
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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