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).
The premature wear of a gearbox-engine stay on a Phantom III vehicle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\3\ scan0211 | |
| Date | 15th April 1937 | |
| 3009. HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX. Indre. France. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/5/JAB.15th April 1937 To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 35-EX. PHANTOM III. GEARBOX - ENGINE STAY. Both the bush and the washer at the rear end of the new stay have worn badly already, allowing considerable up and down movement on the stud. The distance covered with this part to date is 2.000 miles. We do not like the locking plate for the gearbox plug attached to the stay, as the whole assembly can act as a spanner, but we have done the plug up very tight and have no fear of it loosening for this reason. ------------ Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Ivan. Waller. | ||