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).
Complaint regarding Bentley rear brake shoes seizing on the anchorage steel tube due to rusting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\6\ scan0167 | |
| Date | 5th December 1936 | |
| JNH. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} c. to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} Bentley. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}3/R.5.12.36. COMPLAINT - REAR BRAKES BINDING. There has been a number of Bentley in lately with the rear foot brake shoes seized almost solid on the anchorage steel tube. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} will remember my warning about fitting steel bushes to the front shoes for a similar reason, although he assured me they would not rust up with the special treatment. Is it possible to have bushes treated similarly for this rusting up on the rear foot brakes. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||