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).
Groans and rattle periods in Bentley drives and a proposed slipper drive solution.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\4\ scan0054 | |
| Date | 18th December 1933 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} O.E. My [crossed out] X(S) EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}5/MH.{M. Huckerby}18.12.33 re BENTLEYS - GROANS & RATTLE PERIODS IN DRIVE ------------------------------------------ Further to our EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}3/MH.{M. Huckerby}7.12.33, we understand a slipper drive for fixing behind the gear box is in hand experimentally. As some of the chassis now being delivered have this feature rather marked we should be glad if this scheme could be pushed on with and standardised as soon as possible, so that in case this feature is marked when the car is completed, or customers complain, we can consider applying same. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||