Water ingress into front pivots.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\B002_X168\ 00000001-page233 | |
| Date | 2nd March 1914 | |
| 6214 To Hy {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} Copy to J. {Mr Johnson W.M.} Copy to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Copy to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} COPY. COPY. RB {R. Bowen} /P 2.3.14. Re Water getting into Front Pivots. X. 1081 With reference to water getting into front pivots, these have been as they are now for many years. The bottom bush was always supposed to fit up inside the axle. It should be sufficiently high to prevent any trouble from water getting over the top of it. The oil may, however, get round the outside of this bush and ultimately inside the bearing. I shall be glad if Mr. Haldenby will confirm as to whether the oil gets over the top of the bush or outside. It certainly seems surprising that it gets in when the part is filled with thick grease. F.H.R. | ||
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).