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).
Clearance adjustment for a 1st speed pinion on a gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\5\ Scan325 | |
| Date | 17th June 1932 | |
| V7310. To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}7/MJ.17.6.32. 1st. Speed Pinion. 19-EX. Will you please arrange on this gearbox that the clearance between the pinion and the roller race in the spring loaded position is .025. This figure will have to be got by alterations to the length of the splined portion of the pinion. The correct order of engagement of the gears when changing into 1st., or reverse must be maintained. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} is writing you concerning this clearance for production gearboxes. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Grylls. | ||