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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).
Oil leak from the rear universal joint of the propeller shaft.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 1\4\  B001_X 100a-page030
Date  11th November 1932 guessed
  
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PROPELLER SHAFT.

As previously reported to you, the rear universal joint is not oil tight. Oil leaks from the shafts on the inside, and from the joint of the coupling.

G.W.H.
  
  


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