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).
Report discussing oil leakage from the Goshawk II rear propeller shaft joint damaging carpets and a suggested solution.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\L\July1924-September1924\ Scan125 | |
| Date | 1st July 1924 | |
| TO HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Copy to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} LHS.{Lord Herbert Scott} for C.S.C. ORIGINAL DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2/M1.7.24. X 1457 X 9255 GOSHAWK ll. PROPELLER SHAFT JOINT.(REAR). The C. S. C. have forwarded us a report to the effect that they are still experiencing trouble due to oil being thrown out of the propeller shaft universal joint, and also at the axle joint. This oil is thrown on to the floorboards and creeps up the heelboard, with damaging results to the carpets, etc. (to quote the report). We were under the impression that this difficulty had been overcome, and that the joints were now possibly oiltight, except when overcharged. We would be glad to know if it is your experience that these joints still leak. We suggest that the cure might lie in making the floorboards and heelboards so that although oil may be thrown on their underside, it will not creep through. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||