Diagram illustrating the failure of a gearbox after a dynamometer test, showing a broken 2nd motion shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\11\ 11-page072 | |
| Date | 27th February 1937 | |
| Ex I 132 REAR END OF 2ND MOTION SHAFT BROKEN AS SHOWN CONDITIONS OF DYNAMOMETER TEST 2 HRS IN 1ST GEAR 5 1/2 " " 2ND " 10 " " 3RD " 2 " " TOP ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. PRINT ROOM 27 FEB 1937 DERBY FAILURE OF GEARBOX AFTER DYNO. TEST Ex I 132 WRAITH I NO.1 CLUTCH TRUNNION TIGHTENED UP ON FRONT END COVER G.W.637 FLOATING BUSH PARTLY SEIZED ON SHAFT FLOATING BUSH G.W.765 .002 CLEARANCE ON INTERNAL & EXTERNAL DIA. | ||
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).