Failure of a Wraith first motion shaft and the fitting of replacement parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\11\ 11-page132 | |
| Date | 18th November 1938 | |
| 628 also 200a To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 2/MH. {M. Huckerby} 18.11.38. FAILURE OF WRAITH FIRST MOTION SHAFT. 5.B.IV is now in the Fitting Shop for a new production Wraith gearbox to be fitted. We are letting you have a Bentley back axle at mid-day to-day which is at present in the P.III chassis. This axle will need a new pair of production gears and new pinion bearing. We shall be glad if you will fit a Rolls-Royce type propellor shaft as we do not want trouble with this item to hold up testing of the gearbox. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).