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).
Internal instruction memo for rear axle, gear, bearing, and suspension maintenance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\5\ scan0205 | |
| Date | 16th December 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}6/JH.16.12.37. 200a 3.B.IV. Will you please have the rear axle removed and the gears re-lapped, a new pinion should be fitted if necessary to quieten the gears. Fit angular contact ball bearings LJT.35 and MJT.40 to differential casing, preload these bearings to 5 thou. .005 remove all road springs, clean and re-oil. Remove front shock dampers and hand to W.Bell for checking. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/F.Dodd. | ||