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).
Proposing experiments on a Borg & Beck clutch centre to address transmission rattles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\5\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 4th January 1941 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CE. from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Instructions & Shop RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/AH.4.1.41. 1373 It would appear from the experiments on Lp{Mr Lappin}'s car, that rattles in the transmission are going to be susceptible to accurate damping in the clutch centre. We should therefore carry out experiments to see :- 1. Whether the construction of the Borg & Beck clutch centre is sufficiently good to permit of accurate damping being obtained. 2. How long the damping is likely to last. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||