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 steering column and rocker shaft failures and repairs on various cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\1\ scan0291 | |
| Date | 2nd May 1939 | |
| Sr/VAB/ET.2.5.39 - 2 - 24.10.38 : 3.BT.{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer}117 : 10.632 : P-122 : Rattle in steering column due to side play between roller and cam. 21.11.38 : 3.BU.140 : 17.144 : P-139 : Commencement of failure of cam bearing races. 6.12.38 : 3.CM. 73 : 20.415 : P-143 : Rattle in steering column due to small amount of side play which existed between the roller and cam. 13. 3.39 : 3.CP. 26 : 20.421 : P-192 : Failure of cam bearing races 12. 4.39 : 3.AZ. 20 : 48.642 : P-203 : Failure of latest cam bearing races. 21. 4.39 : 3.CP.194 : 16.609 : P-208 : Failure of cam bearing races CARS ATTENDED TO BY NICE DEPOT. 9. 3.38 : 3.AX.197 : 6.099 :Nice-37: Do Dismantled steering column repaired at Levallois. 30. 3.38 : 3.BU/152 : 4.500 :Nice-42: Do Rocker shafts found to be twisted from 8 to 10 degrees on the splined portion of the shaft: 6. 1.37 : 3.AZ.140 : 3.797 : Rocker shaft found to be twisted about 10° and pendulum lever bent as the result of a known accident. 3.11.37 : 3.CP.114 : New car. Steering column sent to Works. Blackness Works discovered that the splined portion of the rocker shaft was twisted at least 10°. Please refer to By.15/G.30.11.37. Although the above must have been caused by a blow, we have never been able to determine how and where it happened. | ||