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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).
Bar chart tracking vehicle faults and their causes from January to June 1939.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 107\2\  scan0079
Date  1st January 1939 guessed
  
1939
JAN
FEB
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
BRAKES THUMP
RESET
SWINGING ARM
SQUEAK
RR STEERING TROUBLES
MARLES STEERING
X FAILURE OF FW 905 CAM ROLLER
A - WANDERING, RESET CROSS AND SIDE STEERING TUBE POUNDAGE
B - BALANCE FRONT WHEELS
C - CONTROLS RATTLE
D - KNOCK FROM SIDE
E - STEERING TUBE COLUMN RACE
F - SLACK CHECK SPRING CLIPS
G - SLACK PIVOTS
H - STICKING EASE
J - WORN AND NUT, BOX LOOSE ON FRAME
K - WORN BALL PINS
L - AXLE TWISTED
M - SLACK WORM AND NUT
FRONT AXLE
CONTROL RATTLE
PROP SHAFT
DAMPER SEIZED
DATA POINTS FROM CHART:
P177 P155 W301
P161 P180
P.197 W.322
FOULING D
MOD
9000 MILES 18000
13
P181 P185 K
LOOSE
FORK END OF SHAFT LOOSE 4400 MILES
A&B L.W.B
W341
25
AVERAGE MILEAGE
JAN 25750
FEB 23786
AVERAGE MILEAGE
JAN 31850
GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}6
  
  


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