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Suggesting modifications to a lightened clutch, flywheel and serrated universal joint to improve lubrication.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 30\6\  Scan053
Date  10th October 1928
  
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Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
BA7/MO.10.10.28.
LIGHTENED CLUTCH & FLYWHEEL - SERRATED X.7300
UNIVERSAL JOINT. No.5. X.1360 X.7340
With reference to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/LG2.10.28., we suggest that a thing which might be immediately tried is either a stainless steel plug in the crankshaft on which the ball bearing slids, or else cadmium plating of the same part.
When the modified arrgt. for SS. {S. Smith} is tried we think the lubrication conditions are very much improved, but there are still further proposals we could make if necessary.
DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  
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).


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