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 various rear axle and silencer faults over the first six months of 1939.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0067 | |
| Date | 1st January 1939 guessed | |
| 1939 JAN FEB MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE REAR SILENCER BAFFLE LOOSE COMPLAINT RATTLES P 160 P 159 P 188 REAR AXLE OIL LEAKS AVERAGE MILEAGE JAN. 11000 FEB. 436 REAR AXLE NOISY DUE TO A - FAULTY THRUST RACE B - FAULTY ROLLER RACE C - THRUST RACE CAGE BROKEN D - BROKEN BALLS IN THRUST RACE E - NO PRE LOAD F - GEAR TEETH PICKED UP *G - NOSE BEARING H - EXTENSION FRACTURED I - FAULTY BEDDING SLACK IN DIFF W 324 P 165 W 292 W 288 GP 4080 THRUST RACE NOW BEING FITTED I.E. IMPROVED CAGE INCREASED PRE. LOAD. DOUBLE ROLLER RACE BEING TRIED. REAR AXLE DRIVING SHAFT FAILURE W 330 W 335 REAR AXLE DRIVING DOG RATTLE * A - RATTLE CHANGED B - BROKEN C - LUBRICATED D - OVERSIZE FITTED W 297 005 003 GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 4 | ||