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).
Unresolved issue with oil leakage from universal joints and a proposed solution using grease lubrication.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 105\2\ scan0080 | |
| Date | 5th October 1921 | |
| X.4254. Extract from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG5.10.21. LUBRICATION OF UNIVERSAL JOINT. 20 HP. Handwritten: Y4406 / X4254 We have not yet overcome the oil leaking from the universal joints. Several modifications we have made have proved a failure. We are sending to Mr. Royce some literature we have obtained from the Spicer Mfg. Corp. U.S.A. These people are specialists on the manufacture of Universal Joints similar to the one we used on Goshawk 11. As the joints manufactured by these people are used on a hundred different makes of car and Trucks in U.S.A., they should know something about it. In their instructions they recommend that after the joint has once been oiled, grease should be used. We propose trying this method because it would suit us and if we can fit the Enots Lubricator to this joint it would become a fairly simple operation to lubricate. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [Watermark: MADE AT CROXLEY] | ||