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).
Quarterly complaint report from December 1930 detailing issues and remedies for brake squeak.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\3\ Scan019 | |
| Date | 31th December 1930 | |
| QUARTERLY COMPLAINT - DECEMBER 1930. DETAILS OF BRAKES SQUEAK. N DEPARTMENT 2. 20 HP. Ch.No. GEN-18. GEN-68 GEN-68 came in twice. First occasion rebedded & adjusted rear footbrakes. Secondly, re-lined front and rear footbrakes & roughed up handbrakes. GEN-18 Roughed up front brake liners. 16. PH. I. Ch.No. 17-LC. 54-LF. 39-UF. 58-EH. 27-FH. 28-CL. 21-WR. 128-WR. 4-KR. 17-Kr. 30-KR. 66-KR. 67-KR. /108-KR./117-KR. 55-OR. S/Fitted modified clips & rivets to front brake dampers (14) Re-bedded & adjusted toggles (3) Re-bedding & adjusting charged to customer whenever possible). 36. PH. II. Ch.No. EX-26 64-WJ. 80-WJ 92-WJ. XJ-34 XJ-38. XJ-44 XJ-65. XJ-72 XJ-140. XJ-182 XJ-190. XJ-195 GN-6(2) GN-12 GN-16. GN-28 GN-34 GN-43 GN-44. GN-48 GN-49 GN-67 GN-78. GN-101 GN-132 GN-140 GN-142. GN-148 GN-168 GN-199 GY-17. GY-46. GY-58. GY-99 Re-bedded & adjusted to Mr.Hancocks instructions: (6) Clips & Rivets fitted to dampers (2) Majority of cases re-bedding, backing off liners & adjusting remedied complaint. 182-XJ, 132-GN, 140-XJ Hancock brake shoes fitted in each of these three cases. (3) Paris. 7. PH. II. - Regret Paris have not reported Ch.Nos Derby 1. 20 HP. Ch.No. GEM-74. 4. Ph.I Ch.No. " " 33-FH. 30-AL. 68-KR. 91-KR. 8. Ph.II Ch.No. " " XJ-4. XJ-31. XJ-32. XJ-45. XJ-187 GN-51. GN-74. GN-194. | ||