Status of clutch springs and transmission rattle on a B. 56. BN. Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0076 | |
| Date | 23th November 1935 | |
| HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX(French test region). Indre. France. +Uka GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} /S/JAB. 23rd November 1935. To. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From. G.W.H. B. 56. BN. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} BENTLEY. With reference to your memo Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 3/KW.16.II.35. We have not had any sign of transmission rattle on B.56.BN. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} fitted with the damper flexible centre to the Clutch and propeller shaft damper not fitted. At the present mileage the springs in the Clutch have not failed. ----------- G.W.Hancock G.W.H. | ||
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).