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).
Instruction on the correct method for greasing front hubs on cars fitted with four-wheel brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\3\ scan0084 | |
| Date | 8th June 1924 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BY/HEB.{H. Biraben} x9940 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LGI 8.6.24. FOUR WHEEL BRAKES. x9940 / x265 Definite instructions should be issued to the Works that on cars fitted with 4-wheel brakes, the front hubs should be cleaned out and only the bearings packed with grease. The whole hub should not be filled up with grease because of the danger of this melting and running out on to the brakes. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||