The probable cause of clutch heating and a plan for its replacement.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\3\ Scan027 | |
| Date | 25th July 1912 guessed | |
| -2- dirt accumulating in this position would be rubbed off by the circumference of the flywheel until what remained would only lightly touch. This process of rubbing off would not cause any great rise in temperature. A more probable cause of the heating of the clutch is that the leather was badly fitted and consequently slipping or that the driver was in the habit of intentionally slipping his clutch. I understand from the report that the car will most probably be in Derby for general overhaul in the middle of August, the clutch leather could then be replaced with fabric. Apparently the clutch is in fair working order at present and it seems hardly worth while making a special job of replacing it immediately, when the car will be at Derby so soon. Handwritten Note: Will you kindly advise if you agree to this F.B.B. | ||
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).