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Reverting to Duckham's HBB grease for propellor shaft sliding joints due to issues with a thinner alternative.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 94\4\  scan0127
Date  20th August 1936
  
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To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 10/KW.20.8.36.

Propellor Shafts.

We wish to revert to the use of Duckham's HBB grease for packing the sliding joint of all propellor shafts, and in particular that of 35-EX.

We think the use of the thinner Mobilgrease No.2 has been the cause of our own joints running dry as well as those of several cars on production.

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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