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 component troubles and modifications from July to December 1938.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0007 | |
| Date | 31th December 1938 | |
| 1938 JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC BRAKES THUMP RESET SWINGING ARM Numbers on bars: 11, 9, 4, 6 STEERING TROUBLES A: WANDERING RESET CROSS & SIDE STEERING TUBE POUNDAGE B: BALANCE FRONT WHEELS C: CONTROLS RATTLE FIT NEW FELT D: KNOCK FROM SIDE STEERING TUBE E: COLUMN RACE SLACK F: CHECK SPRING CLIPS G: SLACK PIVOTS H: STICKING EASE WORM & NUT I: LOSS OF OIL FROM BOX J: BOX LOOSE ON FRAME K: WORN BALL PINS Steering Troubles Bar Data: JULY (Total 18): A.5, B.3, D.2, G.1, I.1 AUG (Total 32): I.3, F.1, A.5, E.3, G.2, D.3, B.3, I.2, C.10 SEPT (Total 29): HEAVY LIGHT, E.3, K.2, A.4, H.1, G.1, B.6, C.10 OCT (Total 27): D.4, F.1, MOD A, B.4, E.1, G.2 RATTLE MIXTURE CON, C.10 FRONT AXLE CONTROL RATTLE Numbers on bars: 16, 9, 9, 12 PROP. SHAFT DAMPER SEIZED Numbers on bars: NIL, 7, 3 MOD REQUIRED FOR C DEPOT. MOD. FOR CROSS & SIDE STEERING TUBE CONTACTS FOR A.{Mr Adams} GIVING GOOD RESULTS CHIEFLY BRONZE CONTACTS AND CHARGEABLE G.W.H.S (SHEET 2) | ||