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).
The investigation of a failed clutch centre for a new Bentley clutch.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0158 | |
| Date | 8th March 1935 | |
| To By: 4212 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/KW. 8.3.35. Clutch Centre - New Bentley Clutch. With reference to the clutch centre which failed and which we handed to you, we have since stripped a similar type of clutch with a different driven member which has run over 25,000 miles on 4-B-IV, and find this to be in perfect condition. The centre plate is to EX.14659 and EX.14190, prints of which we have given you. Under the circumstances we consider this is the clutch centre which must be used with the VM.20 lining. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||