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).
Failed test of an alternative gear oil for a Hypoid Axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\5\ scan0193 | |
| Date | 22th August 1929 | |
| To [REDACTED] from RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} [REDACTED] c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} >2066 RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}4/BE22.8.29. Re: "SS{S. Smith}" Hypoid Axle A further test has been carried out on the Hypoid Axle. using another brand of Wakefield Gear Oil as an alternative to Whitmore Hypoid Gear Oil. The gears have failed; cutting in badly. So far, all substitutes for the Whitmore Oil have proved unsatisfactory. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} EAC | ||