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).
Report detailing defects in the ball bearings, gears, brakes, and steering of a vehicle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan026 | |
| Date | 22th January 1922 guessed | |
| 3 con'd bad ball bearings. The gears are good under load but the worst defect is that they are tight in places and difficult to engage if one hits on the tight places. This also applies to the direct drive and rather points to the internal gear being eccentric. It may be this defect which has made the ball bearings noisy, thus causing the sideshaft noise above referred to, by putting excessive load on them due to the side out of alignment when direct drive is engaged in the tight place. The rear axle is reasonably silent and I should class it as good. The hand brake is good but the foot brake is not so good as when we started. It is not bad but is inclined to vary in its effectiveness. It will probably settle down when the dressing has worked out of the liners. The steering is good and is an improvement on the previous Goshawks but it has one defect which should be eliminated as soon as possible. When a pothole | ||