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).
Monthly fault analysis bar chart from January to June 1939.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0076 | |
Date | 1st June 1939 | |
1939 JAN FEB MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE BRAKES THUMP RESET SWINGING ARM SQUEAK STEERING TROUBLES A - WANDERING RESET CROSS AND SIDE STEERING TUBE POUNDAGE B - BALANCE FRONT WHEELS C - CONTROLS RATTLE FIT MOD. D - KNOCK FROM SIDE STEERING TUBE E - COLUMN RACE SLACK F - CHECK SPRING CLIPS G - SLACK PIVOTS H - STICKING EASE WORM AND NUT J - BOX LOOSE ON FRAME K - WORN BALL PINS L - AXLE TWISTED M - SLACK WORM AND NUT. MARLES STEERING X FAILURE OF FW 905 CAM ROLLER P.177 P.159 W.301 P.197 A W.322 FOULING D MOD 9000 MILES 15000 MILES 25 FRONT AXLE CONTROL RATTLE P.161 P.150 P.177 P.181 P.185 13 PROP SHAFT DAMPER SIEZED LOOSE FORK END OF SHAFT LOOSE 4,400 MILES AVERAGE MILEAGE JAN. 25750 FEB. 23786 AVERAGE MILEAGE JAN. 31850 GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}6 | ||