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).
Various component failures including a broken valve spring, fractured studs, noisy bearings, and defective plating.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\1\ scan0356 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1936 | |
| 24. 92. Valve Spring broken. March Quarter. C.C. C.P. Previous Quarter. C.C. C.P. Six Months. ============ 93. FB.1839 new type studs fractured as fitted to extreme ends of Wilmot Breedon Bumpers. March Quarter. C.C. 2 C.P. Previous Quarter. C.C. C.P. Six Months. ============ 2 Fitted 2 new FB.1839 studs. We wrote to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} re the failure of this type of stud, which rather surprised us. We have returned one of the fractured studs to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} for attention as requested in his memo By/CgH.{W Clough}7/G.3.4.36. 94. Ball Bearings of front Hubs noisy. March Quarter. C.C. I C.P. Previous Quarter. C.C. C.P. Six Months. ============ I B.I.CW - 46,000 Kms. - Fitted a new X240 bearing. 95. Hub Cap Chromium Plating defective. March Quarter. C.C. C.P. Previous Quarter. C.C. I C.P. Six Months. ============ I | ||