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).
Requesting experimental attention for lubricating shock dampers and their connections.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\2\ scan0351 | |
| Date | 18th October 1921 | |
| R.R. 255m (100 T) (S. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 798, 10-12-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2948 contd:- -2- H10/G18.10.21. well up to the present, in spite of the fact that we do not seem to get the grease into them. We ought to arrange that the grease can be forced right through to the back quite easily, and come out through small holes in the plates or grooves acorss the faces of the plates until the grease finally lubri-cates the ball bearing next to the lever which it fills up and prevents the entrance of water. The lubrication of these shock dampers and connections requires your experimental attention. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||