Proposing an experiment on steel thrust washers for the Phantom III gearbox 3rd speed gears.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0009 | |
| Date | 11th June 1938 | |
| [Handwritten] X328 [Handwritten] GRY {Shadwell Grylls} - Please deal with this Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Typed, Strikethrough] C.E.De.De.WHG/Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Typed] E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /HDY. {William Hardy} 1/HP.11.6.38 [Typed] Gearbox - Phantom III. [Typed] Steel Thrust Washers for 3rd Speed Gears. [Typed] N.Sch.4810 herewith shows hardened steel thrust washers applied to this gear to determine whether a reduction of endwise wear can be effected by this means. [Typed] This experiment can be conveniently carried out on the same box as is used for the testing of bronze bushes pressed in as shown by N.Sch.4823. [Typed] N.Sch.4810 herewith. [Typed] E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /HDY. {William Hardy} | ||
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).