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).
Customer complaints about oil loss from Bentley axles, suspecting incorrectly fitted seals.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0073 | |
| Date | 21th September 1935 | |
| X 202 W/P - Sr. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}5/KW.21.9.35. Bentley Axle Complaints - Sr/VA.9/JB.17.9.35. We are surprised to hear that you have experienced loss of oil from the axle box down the axle tubes. Since fitting the oil seals on either side of the centre box we have been free from this trouble. Did you in the two cases referred to fit new seals, and if so can you send us the faulty ones for examination ? We suppose there is no possibility that the seals were either not fitted or fitted the wrong way round. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||