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 issue from a universal joint, caused by a felt washer.
| Identifier | Morton\M1.1\ img043 | |
| Date | 8th August 1921 | |
| ICP-8-P6 . engine 6 21224D Contd. -3- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/L829. 8. 8. 21. *************** With reference to the oil leakage from the universal joint. We have proved on the Test Bench that if we remove the aluminium dust cover and run the Joint we get no oil leakage. It appears as though a thin film of oil is continually being soaked up by the felt washer and then flung out. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} W 'N' 5729B (100.L) (W H 188 10-12-20) G 2942 | ||