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).
Lack of lubrication to the rear damper and brake equalizer due to a soldered pipe.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0337 | |
| Date | 11th January 1937 | |
| HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX. Indre. France. CES Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/II/JAB. 11th January 1937. To. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 6. B. IV. We observed that there was no lubrication to the O.S. connecting link of the rear damper. Upon examining for the reason, we found that bijur supply pipe across the axle would not deliver oil. Further examination found that the pipe had been stopped up with solder when sweating the banjo on where it is connected up to the main feed. The rear brake equalizer was also being starved. It could not possibly have been tested out. ----------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||