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Request to produce two propeller shaft dampers and investigate modifications for fitting one to chassis 21-G-IV to address over-run gear rattles.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 105\2\  scan0136
Date  20th April 1934
  
To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

X 5340

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 22/KW.20.4.34.

Over-run Gear Rattles.

Will you please put in hand a further 2 propellor shaft dampers to EX.13099. One of these we shall probably want to fit to 21-G-IV, so will you look into whether any modifications are needed so that the damper does not foul the brake equaliser shafts etc.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}
  
  
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).


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