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).
Letter to Vandervell Products Ltd. regarding an oil leak issue attributed to grooved thrust washers, requesting plain Babbit-faced replacements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\3\ scan0315 | |
| Date | 8th December 1938 | |
| 1020 Experimental Dept. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}4/MH.{M. Huckerby} 8th. December 1938. Messrs. Vandervell Products Ltd., Western Avenue, Park Royal, LONDON, W.3. For the attention of Mr. Johnson. Dear Sirs, We are getting rather bad oil leaks into the clutch pit when using your main bearing crank thrust washers. This we attribute to the grooves in the faces whereas our normal bearing has a plain thrust face with the result that the amount of oil leaking across is limited. In view of the above therefore, we should be obliged if you could send us as soon as possible 4 pairs of thrust washers having no grooves but just plain Babbit.faces. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||