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).
Statistical report on brake squeaks and clutch issues over a six-month period.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\4\ scan0074 | |
| Date | 30th September 1936 guessed | |
| - 3 - TOTAL. REMARKS. 8. BRAKES SQUEAK (FRONT) September Quarter. C.C. 61) C.P. 2) 63 Previous Quarter. C.C. 72) C.P. 6) 78 Six Months. 141 9. BRAKES SQUEAK (REAR). September Quarter. C.C. 89) C.P. 2) 91 Re-bedding or re-lining shoes may reduce tendency to squeak, but we have no permanent cure. Requires further investigation. Previous Quarter. C.C. 86) C.P. 4) 90 Six Months. 181 10. BRAKES SQUEAK (HAND). September Quarter. C.C. 15) C.P. -) 15 Previous Quarter. C.C. 30) C.P. -) 30 Six Months. 45 CLUTCH FIERCE AND SLIPS. 4¼. 3½. September Quarter. C.C. 22 65) C.P. 1 3) 91 3½ LITRE. Mostly complaints of slipping. This clutch has not stood up to hard use. Previous Quarter. C.C. - 81) C.P. - 10) 91 4¼ LITRE. All complaints of fierceness or jagger. Six Months. 23 159 182 | ||