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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).
Bar chart tracking vehicle fault types and frequencies from January to June 1939.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\3\  scan0092
Date  30th June 1939
  
1939

MONTHS: JAN, FEB, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE

CATEGORY: CLUTCH JAGGER
LEGEND:
A - UNIT CHANGED
B - PLATE CHANGED
C - RELINED
D - EASE SPLINES
E - RESET FINGERS
F - RESET PROP SHAFT DAMPER
G - WORN OUT
H - THRUST RACE NOISY
DATA BY MONTH:
JAN: 7
FEB: 3
MAR: 8 (P181)
MAY: (P 216) SLIPS AT SPEED
JUNE: C WORN DOWN TO RIVETS AVERAGE MILEAGE 23.000

CATEGORY: BRAKE SQUEAK
LEGEND:
A - ROUGH UP RESET
B - RELINE
C - FIERCE POLISH DRUMS
D - FRONT PULL UNEVEN
E - HAND BRAKE POOR
F - ANTI JUDDERLINKS RATTLE
G - REAR STICKS
DATA BY MONTH:
JAN: 10 (P159)
FEB: 13
MAR: 20 (22000 MILES, 31500 MILES)
APR: (21520)
MAY: (W340) AVERAGE 23555

CATEGORY: BRAKES INEFFICIENT
LEGEND: RELINE OR ROUGH UP SERVO
A - ROUGH UP
B - RELINE
DATA BY MONTH:
JAN: 4
FEB: 7
MAR: 6

CATEGORY: BRAKE MECHANISM SQUEAKS
DATA BY MONTH:
JAN: 2
FEB: 2
MAR: 5 (HAND BRAKE, P185)

NOTES:
COMPLAINTS REPORTED ARE BASED ON A MILEAGE UP TO 13000
ABOVE THIS THEY ARE GENERALLY CHARGED FOR AND NOT REPORTED
  
  


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