The failure of a free-wheel device on car 12-G4 after 588 miles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 6\2\ 02-page094 | |
| Date | 31th May 1930 | |
| X 523 To R. {Sir Henry Royce} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} c. to SS. {S. Smith} Sor. c. to DE. R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to Sy. HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} 4/MG.31.5.30. FREE-WHEEL. We have run a free-wheel device 588 miles on 12-G4. The free-wheel has failed due to one of the rollers splitting in half and this has damaged the cage. We have sent the parts to West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town). HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} | ||
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).