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).
Communication regarding a rattling issue in Bentley rear silencers, caused by failing clips or loose rivets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\1\ scan0264 | |
| Date | 30th May 1938 | |
| File Wyman [Struck through] Do we know anything of this Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} To Bentley Motors Ltd. Derby............HG. Copy to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rem/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 1245 Levallois Sr/VA9/ET.30.5.38 Re: BENTLEY REAR SILENCERS ------------------------- With reference to Item 4 of Owner's Complaint Report N° P.83, we have had to attend to several cars on which there has been a rattle in the rear silencer, and we shall most probably, in the near future, have to attend to two cars on which the same trouble exists. The cause of this trouble is either the failure of one of the EB.878 clips which holds the EB.877 pipe (as fitted to the interior of the rear silencer) in position or the rivets of the clips becoming loose. We shall be glad to know if you have received similar complaints and, if so, what has been done to remedy this trouble. Sr/VA. | ||