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Summary of faults found during a 10,027 miles test on Chassis 10-G-111.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\O\2April1926-June1926\  Scan130
Date  3rd May 1926
  
CHASSIS 10-G-111.

Summary of faults during the 10,027 miles test.
Carried out from the 2.4.26 to the 3.5.26.

Tested at. | Miles run. | Total mileage. | REMARKS.
Chateauroux(French test region). | 1513 | 1513 | Lug on tie rod bracket for battery box stay broken.
" | 1939 | 1939 | Rear battery box brkt. damaged and bolts broken causing damages to battery and box. New brkt. fitted.
" | 2357 | 2357 | Cambridge thermometer tube broken where same is attached to dashboard.
" | 1566 | 3505 | Rear battery bracket top bolt holding bracket to frame broken bottom corner of bracket cracked.
" | 4755 | 4755 | Flange on exhaust pipe broken off.
" | 5755 | 5755 | Side spare wheel brkt. broken off where tube enters socket attached to frame.
" | 6425 | 6425 | Both side lamp wires broken underneath wings.
" | 7526 | 7526 | Front body bolt holding same to subframe broken. Rear N.S. spring top leaf cracked half way across. 5 3/8 rear of centre bolt. also 5th. leaf broken right across 2 3/8 rear of centre bolt.
" | 2771 | 7526 | Flange on exhaust pipe broken.
" | 8776 | 8776 | Thrust race to bevel pinion in rear axle given out. Rear O.S. spring 5th. leaf cracked.
" | 9276 | 9276 | O.S. front shock damper broken.
" | 10027 | 10027 | Bottom lugs of steering column flange cracked.
" | 10027 | 10027 | TOTAL MILEAGE.
  
  
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).


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