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Failed test of an alternative gear oil for a Hypoid Axle.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 136\5\  scan0193
Date  22th August 1929
  
To [REDACTED] from RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
[REDACTED]
c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
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RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 4/BE22.8.29.
Re: "SS {S. Smith} " Hypoid Axle
A further test has been carried out on the Hypoid Axle. using another brand of Wakefield Gear Oil as an alternative to Whitmore Hypoid Gear Oil.
The gears have failed; cutting in badly.
So far, all substitutes for the Whitmore Oil have proved unsatisfactory.
RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
EAC
  
  
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