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).
Continued memorandum on the lubrication of Mechanics Joints, with an attached blueprint detail.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\4\ Scan031 | |
| Date | 1st May 1923 guessed | |
| contd :- -2- oil at any speed. If the joint is rotated until the lubricator is vertically beneath it, and the small plug taken out to provide an air release at the upper extremity of the joint, the correct quantity of lubricant can be inserted with the grease gun. We do not think that there should be any difficulty in getting reasonably oil-tight joints on the S.S. on production. The above suggestions also apply to the 20 HP. Mechanics Joints. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/W.A. Robotham. Text from blueprint: ENOTS F1008D G77176 | ||