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).
Drawings and required information for gearbox modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\4\ scan0278 | |
| Date | 13th August 1938 | |
| BY/NS{Norman Scott} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. De/Hdy.{William Hardy} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}6/G.13.8.38. 428 B.111. GEAR BOX. AH FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Herewith are :- PD.227 Larger Front End Bearing, 1st. and 3rd Motion Shaft. G.CD.815 do. do. with the addition of an oil seal for the Front End of Gear Box. PD.239 Direct and Overdrive Cones of Reduced Diameter and increased width. The information on G.CD.815 is what is required for the enlarged front end bearing, except for information given on PD.227, which is not shewn on G.CD.815, and for the spigot bearing, the correct drawing for which is PD.239. PD.239 is up to date in all respects. It will be seen that the drawings are inter-connected. Will you please detail in accordance with this information, as the pieces are urgently required for the next 15,000 miles Bentley. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||