Instruction sheet detailing the replacement of a pivot bearing washer with a new outer race for the Wraith III chassis front axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\2\ Axle Front-page5 | |
| Date | 27th January 1938 | |
| Dsy/HRC. Cr {Mr Cra’ster / Mr Chichester} -Sup/War. C. Suo/Lon. G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Hdy. {William Hardy} 601 FJH {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} HY {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} /CRL. {C. R. Lisson} 4/E.27.1.38. WRAITH III. CHASSIS. SECTION 7040. FRONT AXLE. FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 97. Needle Roller Lower Pivot Bearing. Please receive herewith two blue prints of the following :- GW.1979. Outer Race. Lower Pivot Bearing. 2 off per set. The above piece, which has been produced in accordance with FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 97. and Hoffmann Drawing 43-579E., will be required for use on Production Chassis only. (100 Sets.) The following piece, issued under cover of memo' HY {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} /CRL. {C. R. Lisson} 2/E.27.1.38, will not be required when GW.1979. is fitted. G.71904. Washer. Pivot Bearing. 2 off per set. The piece used on the 10,000 miles car and six Experimental Production Chassis, is replaced by the above as follows :- GW.1961. replaced by - GW.1979. One blue print of the above is sent herewith to RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /CAN. and HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /RH. {R. Hollingworth} This completes the instructions for FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 97. Kindly instruct. HY {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} /CRL. {C. R. Lisson} | ||
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).