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).
Technical query regarding the gearbox stay on model 32-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\2\ scan0207 | |
| Date | 2nd August 1937 | |
| 300a Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} (Chateauroux). Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}2/R.2.8.37. 32-EX. With regard to what you say about the gearbox stay on 32-EX, we do not see how the rear eye can come loose unless the tube itself turns. As you point out, the tube is prevented from rotating at the front end by a lock nut. Will you, therefore, let us know whether this lock nut comes loose, or whether the slack which you report at the rear end is due to wear of the threads. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||