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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).
Chart tracking complaints for a 4 1/4 Bentley model from July to December 1938.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\2\  scan0278
Date  1st January 1938 guessed
  
CHART OF COMPLAINTS
4 1/4
BENTLEY

Timeline: 1938, JULY, AUG, SEPT, OCT, NOV, DEC

Category: CLUTCH, JAGGER
- July: PLATE CHANGED 1, UNIT CHANGED 2, SPRING BROKEN 2, WORN OUT 32000 MILES 2. (Associated Number: 5)
- August: RESET PROP SHAFT DAMPER 4, EASE SPLINE W.O. 2.
- September: EASE SPLINES 3, PLATE CHANGED 2, RELINED WORN OUT MILES 23126 3.
- October: Bar represents value >10.

Category: BRAKE SQUEAK
- July: FIERCE OILED UP 2, RELINE BZ 6, CLEAN UP 7, & RESET AUX SHOE 12.
- August: EXPT. LINERS LOOSE B144LS, RELINE 5. (Associated Number: 28)
- September: PULL 2, FIERCE 3, OILED UP 2, RELINE 4. (Associated Number: 24)
- October: (Associated Number: 23)
- December: B Z LINING STILL SATISFACTORY

Category: ROUGH LINERS & RESET
- August: ROUGH UP RESET 18.
- September: ROUGH UP RESET 12.

Category: BRAKES INEFFICIENT, RELINE OR ROUGH UP SERVO
- September: RELINED SERVO 4.
- October: Bar represents value >10.

Category: BRAKE MECHANISM SQUEAK
- July: ACTUATING SHAFTS 2.
- October: Bar represents value 3.
  
  


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