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).
Instructions for checking the clutch finger setting with a gauge plate before a clutch change.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\3\ scan0257 | |
| Date | 8th February 1937 | |
| 312. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth2/M.8.2.37. 32 EX. ------- This car is coming in for a clutch change, amongst other things. Before disturbing the operating finger adjusting screws or removing the flywheel, will you please check the finger setting with the gauge plate. This is to determine whether or not the setting has altered. If so, will you please confirm whether or not the out-of-adjustment corresponds with di stortion in the pressure plate. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. | ||