PL.280 Synchromesh design, its characteristics, and a new method for pegging thrust washers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\2\ scan0282 | |
| Date | 17th July 1940 | |
| -2- Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 1/JH.17.7.40. PL.280 Synchromesh. This shows the splines, dog teeth and cam faces to a large scale. We have copied the latest B.V. baulking characteristics (there is not an up to date B.V. scheme showing this). We have a new way of pegging the 3rd. speed over-run thrust washers, the peg is retained when the 3rd. and 4th. sliding piece is in position. Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 1 copy of memo. To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1 print for Cy. 1 print for Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH.& ORIGINALS 1 print for Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} File original at Strong Room. | ||
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).