Arguing against a proposed change to the locking mechanism of an oil screw on a Goshawk 11 universal joint.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 105\2\ scan0078 | |
| Date | 5th September 1933 | |
| X4254 Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X4254 GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. LOCKING OF OIL SCREW ON UNIVERSAL JOINT. I have just noticed in Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG17821, that you propose to take away the split pin we have used for locking the above piece. I think this is a mistake, as it is utterly impossible to screw up a screw driver screw on a fibre washer in such a manner as to keep it tight. If the oil plug was in the form of a hexagon screwed up tight with a spanner, then certainly I agree with you, but I do not agree where a screw driver screw is used. BY.. By FC SEP 5 RECEIVED. BY2-P5.9. | ||
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).