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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).
Various brake system faults and their frequency over quarterly periods.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 146\2\  scan0181
Date  31th March 1937 guessed
  
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5. BRAKES SEIZE REAR OR NOT FREE IN OPERATION
March quarter
C.C.
C.P. I I
Previous quarter
C.C.
C.P. 3 3
Six months 4 4

Ph.III - 3.AZ.212 - New car - fitting a strenghtened type differential casing. We found it necessary to give more working clearance to hand & foot brake shoes as the insufficient side play which caused them to bind against one another. Please refer to remarks on last quarter lists.

6. BRAKES ORDINARY ADJUSTMENTS.
March quarter
C.C.
C.P.
Previous quarter
C.C.
C.P. 4 4
Six months 4 4

7. BRAKES OIL LEAKING ON TO AND PULLING TO ONE SIDE
March quarter
C.C.
C.P.
Previous quarter
C.C. I I I 3
C.P.
Six months I I I 3

8. BRAKES INEFFICIENT
March quarter
C.C.
C.P. I I
Previous quarter
C.C.
C.P.
Six months I I

II9.SK - 33794 Kms. - Fitted new servo on a 50 % basis.
  
  


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