Correcting a fault where two gears were meshing simultaneously in the 25 HP synchromesh gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 104\4\ scan0059 | |
| Date | 26th October 1931 | |
| X5310 P. [crossed out] cr. {Mr Cra’ster / Mr Chichester} Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [crossed out] cr. {Mr Cra’ster / Mr Chichester} DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} [crossed out] c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.10/G. 26.10.31. 25 HP. SYNCHROMESH GEARBOX. ---------------------------- Referring to the trouble described in the last paragraph of Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 1/AT.24.10.31., which is encountered in trying to engage gears, we had noticed some weeks ago that two gears had been shown meshing at the same moment. This, we at once corrected by making the 50 thou. allowance referred to in the above memo. BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} BM | ||
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).