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).
Recommended grease for universal joints on 20/25 and 40/50 HP chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\3\ Scan101 | |
| Date | 29th May 1934 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} V1457 BY/Cgh.{W Clough}6/G.29.5.34. 20/25 and 40/50 HP. CHASSIS - UNIVERSAL JOINTS. We are proposing to order a further batch of instruction books, and we would like to know what kind of grease we should recommend for the universal joints. Vacuum motor grease No. 2 is recommended for the universal joints on the Bentley, and the only grease referred to at the present time in the RR. instruction books is Hoffmann's ball bearing grease. [Handwritten] Same as Bentley with introduction of needle bearings file BY/Cgh.{W Clough} | ||