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).
Scheme for a spring-loaded synchromesh in the B.V. Gear Box, and modifications to the gear trains.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\4\ scan0188 | |
| Date | 17th February 1939 | |
| DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/CS. c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 428 DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}10/G.17.2.39. B.V. GEAR BOX. Please receive PD.381 which shews the permanent scheme for giving a spring loaded synchromesh on Direct and Overdrive with the small cones to PD.239. The front end of 3rd Motion shaft has not been increased in diameter, but the constant mesh and overdrive gear trains have been spread .050 each way and the forward end of 2nd motion shaft modified to suit. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||