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).
Various brake faults and their corresponding resolutions and statistics over quarterly and six-month periods.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\1\ scan0334 | |
| Date | 31th March 1936 guessed | |
| 2. 4. Oil on rear brakes. March Quarter. C.C. --- C.P. --- Previous Quarter C.C. I C.P. --- Six months. ----- I ----- Please refer to remarks of last quarter. 5. Brakes inefficient. March Quarter C.C. I C.P. --- Previous Quarter C.C. 5 C.P. --- Six months. ----- 6 ----- B.131.DK - 18,330 Kms. Rebedded liners of servo and polished the friction surface. Cured by cleaning and rebedding brake liners or relining servo. 6. Pulling to one side. March Quarter. C.C. 3 C.P. --- Previous Quarter C.C. 4 C.P. --- Six months. ----- 7 ----- B.19.DK - 15,640 Kms. Rebedded front brakes. B.73.EJ - 7,831 " " E.66.EF - 15,600 " Skimmed out front o/s drum and changed the liners of the n/s & o/s front (brakes.) Cured by cleaning and rebedding front brake liners & correcting external adjustment as necessary. In one case (last quarter) we also had finally to change the liners, viz. on chassis B.85.EJ after a mileage of only 136 Kms. 7. Brakes binding. March Quarter C.C. 2 C.P. --- Previous Quarter C.C. 2 C.P. I Six months. ----- 5 ----- B.59.DK - 10,440 Kms. Dismantled rear brakes, freed all pins &c. made act shafts free in bushes Found to be seized owing to water & mud having penetrated into the brake mechanism. B.85.EJ - 3,336 Kms. Dismantled o/s rear brake mechanism and freed the shoes. Mostly due to lack of lubrication to the brake actuating shafts. Please refer to remarks of last quarter. The rear brakes need some form of water and mud excluder. We have come across a number of cases where there has been a considerable amount of mud in the brake mechanism; | ||