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).
Report detailing issues with brakes and engine overheating during mountain driving.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\3\ scan0379 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1924 guessed | |
| it does not come to a stop, causing the gear changing to be noisy. I surmise that either the plate gets slightly distorted when heated or there may be some oil coming from the Engine causing a film of oil between plate & Ferodo. Re-Brakes - On the 5th inst. I replaced the Ferodo Servo shoes by those fitted with cast-iron liners - Since we have a better action of the rear Brakes, but still insufficient for Sir Northy's desire. I have this morning taken up one notch on the Front brakes, but I could not take up any on the rear ones, which is proof that the front brakes are more often on than the rear ones - I have taken up slack in the cables of rear brakes. To-day we have had better brakes than ever before - The shoes supplied to use as spares had different fixing bolts to the moving plate than the old ones - I have had to rimc out hole on distance plate behind sphere & also hole on lever connecting top & bottom shoes - If any more are supplied they should be as the ones supplied to use as spares owing to the riming effected. Before Terminating I want to mention that to-day for the 1st time we have had the water boiling while doing mountain work - after taking off the blanking plate temperature kept O.K. & never surpassed 80° - The Steering has not given any more trouble since the roads surface has improved - I do not think there is much wrong with it - I will close now & I will further report from Nice on Saturday next. Yours faithfully S. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Laws. | ||