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).
Issue with the Bentley rear axle oil seal, clarifying the problem is consistently on the offside.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\3\ scan0002 | |
| Date | 4th June 1936 | |
| X1245 GRY.{Shadwell Grylls} To Bentley Motors Ltd. Derby........... Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Levallois Sr/VAI/ET.4.6.36 Re: BENTLEY REAR AXLE OIL SEAL. (Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}20/KW.29.5.36) We have carefully noted the contents of your memo. In all cases to which we have attended, we have never experienced any loss of oil past the n/s (L.H.) seals. The trouble has always been on the o/s. Sr/VA. | ||