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).
Issues with wearing pads in hydraulic dampers and a request for an extractor tool.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\2\ scan0091 | |
| Date | 11th July 1936 | |
| LES X113 HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX. Indre. France. GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/12/JAB. 11th July 1936. To. c to. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Re. Hydraulic Dampers. The wearing pads in the pistons appear to be giving trouble owing to two causes. I) Too soft, causing hollows to form. 2) The surface breaking up (Too hard). The latter were found on 22.G.V. Could you inform me whether there is an extractor to withdraw the pads. Neither Paris nor Cricklewood have one, and in most cases the spiggot of the pad is broken in getting them out. Please reply to Cricklewood. ------------ G.W.H. [Handwritten note on left:] Please see secretary and reply | ||