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).
Complaint from the Test Department about water ingress into the front hub axle nuts and proposing a solution.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\7\ B001_X15 20 46 50 59-page045 | |
| Date | 3rd December 1913 | |
| R.R. 235A. (150 H) (V.V. 85. 19.11.13) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 0177. re Front Hubs Dunlop Wire Wheels. X15 J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} for R.{Sir Henry Royce} 3.12.13. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}3/G31213. The Test Dept. complain that water gets through the hole in the axle nuts, caused by the screwed plug for charging the ball bearing with grease. As it is so easy to remove the wire wheel, and the grease charging does not occur so very frequently, would you consider the idea of putting this plug inside the wire wheel in the manner indicated on the print, which would avoid the possibility of water getting in. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||