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).
Request to modify the rear brake shafts oiling scheme on car GL.833 due to oil-soaked brake linings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\5\ scan0150 | |
| Date | 22th February 1937 | |
| o 264. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM{Anthony F. Martindale} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM{Anthony F. Martindale}13/M.22.2.37. B.56.Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} The new rear brake shafts oiling scheme GL.{G. Linnett}833 has been too efficient on this car and has soaked the Ferodo brake linings in oil. Will you please reduce the metering valves from size 2 to size 0, reline the shoes and replace the cracked footbrake shoe. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||