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).
The correct fitting position of the propeller shaft sliding joint.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\4\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 6th June 1939 | |
| 1262 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}7/MH.{M. Huckerby}6.6.39. PROPELLOR SHAFTS. It is very important on all the new cars that the sliding joint of the propellor shaft should be fitted at the front end of the rear shaft. This allows the joint having the maximum angularity to be next to the axle pinion. We have discovered that 30.G.VII was wrong, and possibly some of the other cars are also, in which case they should by put right the next time they come into the Fitting Shop. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||