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).
Test report detailing multiple vehicle faults including issues with the road springs, rear axle, engine, and exhaust.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\3\ 03-page045 | |
| Date | 24th November 1914 | |
| -2- this setting they are very noisy whilst warming up and afterwards No 4 and II continue to be noisy. It is not due to clearance. The valve springs are noisy, as it been made clear enough that the springs should nip the top and bottom washers to prevent them swishing. ROAD SPRINGS. The front gare decidedly too weak for continental roads. The front of the car is on the bounce the whole of the time. There is no undue movement of the radiator. The rear springs are too weak for high speed work, the rear wheels are continually off the ground. We do not like the free movement of the rear shock damper connecting links, there is no definate control of the axle for cornering, the rear of the Car jassers across the road. REAR AXLE We have got the oil leak on the n/s into the brake drum also from several of the bolts in the centre casing. There is a definate slackness in the pinion housing when hot. A nasty clank is heard from the rear drive when the clutch is engaged after pulling up hard. It appears to be due to too much slack in the driving gear. CLUTCH There is too much clank from the clutch mechanism when the clutch is released suddenly (A test dept. complaint) Engine (handwritten) There is a definate loss of compression in No 2 cylinder, valves are O.K. which makes a definate transmission thud when running slow. We are still loosing oil out of the rear bearing. The oil pump creaks and is generally noisy. DYNAMO The dynamo does not maintain a charge when driving with the head lights and instrument board light on at any (handwritten) speed. BATTERY BOX The rear flange is too weak it broke during the run here EXHAUST CUT OUT. This is an entire failure. We spent a whole day dismantling and make it free. In less than twenty miles it had seized again. It freels itself occasionally during the runs. There is plenty of clearance in the housings (handwritten: bearings). We believe it is due to the expansion whilst the valve is closed (handwritten: endways). We are trying the standard road wheels on the front to day but as it is raining hard and the roads very wet, the results will not be accurate enough to report upon. There is no fault so far with leaving the extra oil tap on for half an hour whilst running G.W.H. C.W.H. 24/11/14 | ||