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).
Request to fit a new pair of 8/37 gears to a dynamometer semi-floating rear axle due to suspected oil issues causing scoring.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\1\ scan0154 | |
| Date | 21th September 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 1015 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}2/MH.{M. Huckerby}21.9.38. DYNAMOMETER SEMI-FLOATING REAR AXLE. Will you please fit a new pair of 8/37 gears to this axle. We have reason to believe the oil we have been using may have been responsible for the scoring of the gears and we wish to try another variety. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||