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).
Return of a lined friction plate from a 4¼-litre Bentley chassis for examination due to a slipping clutch.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0314 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1937 | |
| Smith 212. K/W. KC to..Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. K/KC/DPB/2.1.37. We are returning to you under cover of our advice note No.93, the lined friction plate removed from 4¼-litre Bentley chassis No.B.92.GA, on the instructions of Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} for your examination of the depth of counter bore in relation to the thickness of the head of the rivet. Mileage 19194. Complaint. Clutch inclined to slip, pedal on the board. K/KC. | ||