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).
Request to replace a fractured shaft on gearbox no. 4.HS.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 7th December 1936 | |
| 328 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gryl/R.7.12.36. GEARBOX NO. 4.HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} The thread at the rear end of the side shaft on this box has again fractured. Will you please fit a new shaft, and make sure that the slack both diametrically and endwise of the second speed pinion is the same as it is now. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||