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).
Suggestions to prevent oil from the rear axle casing getting onto the Bentley brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0031 | |
| Date | 18th September 1934 | |
| [Handwritten text] +202 [Illegible signature 'R Gry{Shadwell Grylls}'] [Typed text] To [strikethrough]RY.[/strikethrough] from Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/HP.18.9.34. c. [strikethrough]For E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}[/strikethrough] Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [strikethrough]Hdy.{William Hardy}[/strikethrough] EHC. Bentley Rear Axle - Oil on Brakes. Herewith is N. Sch.4193 on which is shewn some suggestions for preventing oil from the rear axle casing getting on the brakes. We think that the suggestion shewn at (4), with the adaptation to existing casings shewn at (5), will prove the most effective. The threading of the seals over the shafts does not present the difficulty that seems to be the case in suggestion shewn at (1). At (2) we have indicated a modification to the existing oil fling which should make it more positive and seems worth trying. No (3) we expect should not be tried at the moment. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||