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).
The condition of a clutch plate and flywheel following a gearbox seizure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\3\ scan0007 | |
| Date | 9th June 1936 | |
| Handwritten notes: L.L. Smith (crossed out) x300a Shew to Hdy{William Hardy} after you have read it. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Signature: HFH{Hoppy F. Hamilton}] GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/HFH{Hoppy F. Hamilton}/7/JAB. Hdy{William Hardy} please note & return [Signature] [Signature: WE Smith] Typed content: 56 HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX. Indre. 9th June 1936. To. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From. GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/HFH.{Hoppy F. Hamilton} 32. EX. CLUTCH PLATE & FLYWHEEL. We took the oportunity of dismantling the clutch while the gear box seizure was being dealt with. The enclosed illustrations show the condition of the clutch plate fabric. The rear fabric was found to have cracked and become displaced, also the rivets have dug into the fabric allowing the fabric to move. The illustration clearly shows a line on the inner edge where the fabric has picked up & fused onto the flywheel in the form of carbon. The brass bonding at this point has become exposed. We also illustrate the flywheel & show where the fabric has fused onto the face. This in our opinion, may have been caused by the excessive set up on the sections, so raising high points on the fabric, which duly picked up & scored the rest of the surface. ------------ GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/HFH.{Hoppy F. Hamilton} [Signature: Hr Hamilton] | ||