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).
Clarifying the cause of a transmission failure, distinguishing between axle and gearbox trouble.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\2\ scan0062 | |
| Date | 23th April 1941 | |
| No. from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} file 210 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}11/ML.23.4.41. TRANSMISSION FAILURE. 4.B.50. You were perfectly correct in saying that the failure on this car was axle trouble. The axle however, was already condemned and was only running because we have no alternative bits. I was definitely told that the failure was the gearbox when the car was delivered to the Clan. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||