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).
Page concerning gearbox lubrication on gradients.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\2\ img201 | |
| Date | 12th December 1932 | |
| -2- Ee/JT.L.S/JA.12.12.32. Chat'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} At gradients up to 1 in 4 1/2 oil is thrown by the sliding 2nd. speed pinion on-to the servo worm. At steeper gradients lubrication is again by drip from the lid.{A. J. Lidsey} The new gearbox is therefore no worse off for lubrication than the present one. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} GRY.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||