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).
Letter to the Vacuum Oil Company questioning the suitability of a special grease for Bowden cables in cold weather.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\1\ scan0181 | |
| Date | 26th February 1937 | |
| 1229. (Experimental Dept.) Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}4/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 26th February, 1937. Vacuum Oil Company Limited, Caxton House, Westminster, LONDON. S.W.1. For the attention of Mr. Dear Sirs, Thank you for sending me the thin special grease for Bowden cables. Before filling the cables with this grease I thought that I would make sure that Mr. Russell Sharp had told you the true story. The trouble I have is that the brakes are very sluggish in coming off during cold weather, i.e., at temperatures of freezing and under. This has made me wonder whether grease is the correct lubricant, or whether it would not be better to employ graphited thin oil. Yours faithfully, For ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||