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).
Failure of Wakefield's Gearease for axle lubrication and reverting to Whitmore Compound.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\2\ scan0018 | |
| Date | 8th November 1933 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X1-83 ROY{Sir Henry Royce}8/MG1 8.11.33 Wakefield's GEAREASE for Axle Lubrication BY6/G22.9.33 - What is the present position re above, please? You will recollect, in view of the failure we experienced with Wakefield's Gearease, it was decided to revert for the time being to Whitmore Compound, until the matter had been more fully investigated. ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||