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).
Standardisation of rear axle lubricants and declining to test a new oil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\1\ scan0236 | |
| Date | 21th August 1936 | |
| X1225 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}6/KW.21.8.36. Rear Axle Lubricants. In reply to your memo. Roy.{Sir Henry Royce}1/MG.17.8.36. concerning Price's E.P. Lubricant, we think we should point out that we did not standardise, or even consider recommending for production, the present standard Wakefield's Hi-Press until after two years' testing in this department and considerable testing by Ransome and Marles so that nothing separated from the oil under the centrifugal action of the ball bearing. We do not think, therefore, we have time to test Price's oil. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||