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).
Excessive wear on oil pump gears, sending removed examples for inspection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\2\ scan0178 | |
| Date | 8th March 1938 | |
| 1265. c to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Files Swell See me Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}10/HR.8.3.38. re OIL PUMP GEARS. Further to our Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}2/HR.27.1.38., in connection with excessive wear of the bearings of our oil pumps, and the suggestion we made concerning the drilling of lubrication holes, we now send you herewith the gears removed from B.119-GP. Mrs. Greenall after only 3,000 miles running. We consider this amount of wear is sufficiently serious to warrant some action being taken. Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} We also send the gears removed from B.58-GA Summers. Mileage 4,000. | ||