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).
With a sketch requesting a closer fit for a Phantom starter's ball bearing housing to prevent dirt ingress.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\P\2October1926-December1926\ Scan113 | |
| Date | 18th December 1926 | |
| TO BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [Struck through] FROM AJS. AJS2/M18.12.26. Copy to - HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} re. PHANTOM STARTER. [Handwritten] X7620 [STAMP] ORIGINAL On drawing LeC. 2334. recently sent you we should be glad if you would instruct that the housing for ball bearing is as close a fit as possible round the shaft where indicated in sketch. We think this is necessary to prevent ingress of dirt to the bearing, but a note calling attention to same was omitted from the drawing. [Handwritten near sketch] HERE. AJS. [Signature] | ||