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Inspection report detailing the condition of various vehicle components after mileage.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\T\2January1929-June1929\ Scan014 | |
| Date | 1st January 1929 guessed | |
| -7- PROPELLOR SHAFT & UNIVERSAL JOINTS TO L.O.P. G 76851 N.S. 2547. We have had no trouble whatsoever with this shaft. We cannot detect any play or wear in the mechanic's joints. Loss of oil from the joints after 5000 miles was 2/3 in the rear joint, 1/3 in the front joint. At 9000 miles the loss was 1/3 in the rear, 1/3 in the front. As far as we can ascertain, the oil escapes from the inside of the joints, there is no sign of any oil leak from the outer surfaces of the joints. REAR AXLE TO L.O.P. G 76880 G 75770 SCHEME GL{G. Linnett} 277/8 1" HIGH POINT AXLETUBES G 77206/7 MODIFIED TO SUIT OILING SCHEME GL{G. Linnett} 277/8. The front housing of the rear axle showed lateral play when examined. No end play was discernable. The brake actuating shafts have worked satisfactorily and are well lubricated. There has been a considerable oil leak through the o/s tube. This collected in the brake housing, fortunately not getting on to the brakes. On the n/s there was no sign of any oil leak. The rear axle casing and tubes are quite satisfactory. REAR BRAKES TO L.O.P. G 7723 N.S. 2652 2722 GL{G. Linnett} 278. The brakes when examined were in a very poor condition. The brake drum shields are ineffective for keeping water out of the drums. The shoes and all inside the drums were covered with water and sludge, making the brakes ineffective. There is insufficient clearance between the covers and the bodywork. On the compression of the rearsprings, the wing stay bolts have fouled the shields, to such an extent that the shields at this point have been torn. We cleared the bolts of the wing stays as much as possible, but they still foul. During our second examination the brakes and inside the drums were in the same condition. REAR BRAKE EQUALIZING MECHANISM TO L.O.P. G 76924 N.S. 2666/7 GL{G. Linnett} 264 GL{G. Linnett} 290. These appear to be satisfactory, and lubrication appears to be O.K. REAR SPRINGS & FITTINGS TO L.O.P. F 79627 N.S. 2541 2429 2652 CADMIUM PLATED. We have examined the springs and cannot detect any flaws. The anchorage of the springs as far as we can ascertain shows no sign of wear. Lubrication is satisfactory. The rear spring clips have been examined twice to observe if any stretching had taken place. On both occasions they were quite O.K. Rear HYDRAULIC SHOCK DAMPERS TO L.O.P. D 79225 N.S. 2651 238 2743. There is a slight knock from the n/s rear damper. We have not observed any other faults and the poundage up to this mileage has remained as first set. The connecting links have remained in a very good condition, and have not once required any attention during the mileage. REAR SPARE WHEEL CARRIER TO L.O.P. F 79788 N.S. 2732/3. There has been no sign of any weakness of the design, and on no occasion has there been any sign of the wheels becoming loose. We presume there is a design for a distance piece to replace one spare wheel if the occasion arises. PETROL TANK TO L.O.P. F 79525 N.S. 2571 2556/8 2592. The anchorage when examined was O.K. We have had no petrol leaks from the tank. We have lost one filler cap during the mileage, and should advocate some method for preventing this. The suction pipe does not allow us to use the last 1 to 1.1/4 gallon. We found that when we had this amount of petrol in the tank, we were sucking air instead of petrol. From what we can observe, the angle of the tube at the | ||