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).
Bar chart analysing vehicle faults by category on a monthly basis for the latter half of 1938.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0028 | |
| Date | 23th November 1938 | |
| 1938 JULY, AUG, SEPT, OCT, NOV, DEC BRAKES THUMP RESET SWINGING ARM Data: 11, 9, 4, 6, 3, 6 STEERING TROUBLES A: WANDERING RESET CROSS & SIDE STEERING TUBE POUNDAGE B: BALANCE FRONT WHEELS C: CONTROLS RATTLE FIT NEW FELT D: KNOCK FROM SIDE STEERING TUBE E: COLUMN RACE SLACK F: CHECK SPRING CLIPS G: SLACK PIVOTS H: STICKING, EASE WORM & NUT I: LOSS OF OIL FROM BOX J: BOX LOOSE ON FRAME K: WORN BALL PINS Data: 18, 32, 29, 27, 20, 15 FRONT AXLE CONTROL RATTLE Data: 6, 9, 9, 12, 7, 5 PROP. SHAFT DAMPER SEIZED Data: NIL, 7, 3, 1, 4 Annotations: Steering Aug: A:I.3 F.1, B:A.5, C:E.3, E:C.3, F:D.3, G:B.3, J:C.10 Steering Sept: A:HEAVY LIGHT, C:E.3, D:K.2, E:A.4, F:H.1 G.1, H:B.6, J:C.10 Steering Oct: A:D.4, C:F.1, E:MOD.A, I:RATTLE MIXTURE CON, H:E.1 G.2, J:C.10 Steering Nov: A:FRONT RESET, E:K.1, F:D.2, G:B.2, H:G.2, J:C.10 Steering Dec: A:P.138 TWISTED AXLE CONTROL, E:K.1, F:D.2, G:G.2 B.2, H:SLACK WORM & NUT, A W.283 B W.283 C W.282 D W.279 E W.277 F P.153 G P.151 Prop. Shaft Aug: W.283, W.279 Prop. Shaft Nov: J Prop. Shaft Dec: W.279, W.277, K Right Panel: MOD REQUIRED FOR C DEPOT. MOD. FOR CROSS & SIDE STEERING TUBE CONTACTS FOR A.{Mr Adams} GIVING GOOD RESULTS BY/NS{Norman Scott} 3/G 23-11-38 MOD FOR ITEM C GIVING GOOD RESULTS CHIEFLY BRONZE CONTACTS AND CHARGEABLE Bottom Right: G.W.H.S (SHEET 2) | ||