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).
Log of important component failures, excluding the frame and springs.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\2\ scan0194 | |
Date | 1st April 1924 guessed | |
IMPORTANT FAILURES - (excluding Frame & Springs) | Piece No. | Running time hrs. mins. | Remarks. | |---|---|---|---| | F.887 | 67 | 23 | Steering column tube broken immediately above worm. | | F.6979 | 67 | 23 | Cross-tie of steering column (lower section) broken at central lug. | | F.9702 | 67 | 23 | One arm of steering rocker shaft sheared. | | | 80 | 49 | Both bolts sheared, attaching steering arm to near side stub-axle. | | F.4272 | 111 | 48 | Steering pendulum broken at rocker shaft end. | | | 124 | 0 | Slight crack in rear lug of near side front spring rear anchorage. (see sketch 6. page 4)(photostat). | | ||