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).
Requesting a direct comparison of clutch life for a Bentley model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0100 | |
| Date | 17th July 1934 | |
| <212 To RHL. c. to Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. to FJM. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}21/KW.17.7.34. Clutch Life - Bentley. We want to get a direct comparison between the clutch life of the standard clutch and of the new clutch. to N.Sch. 3948/3954. Will you therefore please re-line the standard clutch on 1-B-IV with standard material as soon as the tests on the synchromesh silencing scheme are completed, and also arrange the clutch on 3-B-IV with standard material driven member exactly as on 21-G-IV, i.e., no movement of the back plate, .025 set on the driven member, RAD-11 lining. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||