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Recommendation for propeller shaft lubrication intervals for 20 HP and 40/50 HP chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 105\2\  scan0109
Date  14th March 1929
  
X5340
filing
To Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 4/MJ.14.3.29.
PROPELLER SHAFTS.
X5340.
X7340.
With reference to Mx {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} /MCML/T13.8.29.
We recommend that the propeller shaft should be lubricated every 5,000 miles or six months. This applies to both 20 HP. and 40/50 HP. chassis.
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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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