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).
Failure of the central lubrication coil tubing for the rear axle and a proposed fix.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\1\ Scan368 | |
| Date | 3rd December 1930 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} X3805 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 2/MJ.3.12.30. CENTRAL LUBRICATION 25 HP.18-G4. We have already had a failure of the coil tubing supplying the rear axle which is located at the front end of the N.S. rear spring. This had broken at a sharp right angle bend when the coil is led on to the spring. It would appear that this coil is coiled the wrong way and should be coiled anti-clockwise so that it comes straight from the coil on to the spring without a bend having to be made. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||