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).
Oil leakage from the rear gearbox bearing when the car is in reverse, referencing the S.Ghost model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\3\ Scan394 | |
| Date | 22th May 1930 | |
| Oy2/DM.{D. Munro}22.5.30 -3- -------------------- It is possible that leakage from rear gearbox bearing only occurs when car is in reverse. On some very early attempts to,improve the oil-retaining of the sphere on S.Ghost, we found that a screw-type oil retainer would pump the oil out very fast when car was reversed. Oy. Maurice Olley | ||