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).
Modifications to the shock damper filler plug to prevent thread stripping.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0069 | |
| Date | 27th April 1933 | |
| X2=1 BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les.11/KT. 27.4.33. SHOCK DAMPER FILLER PLUG MODIFICATIONS. We think the scheme attached to your BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HEB. {H. Biraben} 9/M. 26.4.33, will overcome the trouble of the thread stripping in the body casting. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} is satisfied with the thickness of the hexagon. Will you please arrange for this modification to take place on all J.III type dampers. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les. | ||