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).
Recommending the replacement of the Bendix starter motor pinion with a superior Bijur type for the Goshawk project.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 35\4\ scan 133 | |
| Date | 12th December 1922 | |
| X4384 To EY. from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to CJ. c. to BJ. c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} X.3592. - RE GOSHAWK X.4384. We have now altered the starter motor and embodied a Bijur type of pinion in place of the Bendix This has been tested on one car and judging by impressions the noise and shock of this is much less than in the present pattern Bendix. I believe it is of the utmost importance that we stop the manufacture of the present bendix and the starter motor to suit it, and proceed at once hurrying the standardisation sheet forward and stopping the menu-facture of the present parts on the understanding that we shall be able to definitely proved its superiority before the actual cars get into the hands of the customers. It would be absolutely suicidal to go on with the present scheme when we are sure that this modification is more hopeful of long life and sweet action, the present scheme although being a good specimen of the bendix drive does not promise to last long and will be very expensive should we have to replace large numbers. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||