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).
Faulty axle from chassis B-58-KT with scored teeth and an oil leak.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\2\ scan0086 | |
| Date | 8th November 1937 | |
| To By.... from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} c. to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}20/N.8.11.37. Re: Chassis B-58-KT - Mileage 3709. An axle is being forwarded to the Works minus the pinion. I am forwarding the pinion separately to you for your examination and opinion, also the drop of oil that was left in the axle. The teeth are badly scored. Is this the result of being short of oil, as the amount I am sending is all that could be drained from the axle? or is it due to hardening process being faulty, or the wrong kind of oil? From an examination of the axle, the oil had been escaping from the nose piece, none down the axle tubes. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||