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).
Letter from Joseph Lucas Ltd. regarding a fractured wiper link and the dispatch of a thickened replacement part.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\5\ scan0098 | |
| Date | 23th April 1937 | |
| COPY OF LETTER RECEIVED FROM MESSRS JOSEPH LUCAS LTD., 23.4.37 We are not very clear just when you had this wiper, but we rather think it must have been some little time ago. As regards the link in the gearbox it is most unfortunate that this has fractured, as some little time ago this component was thickened up from .060" to .100" and we shall be very surprised indeed if the one on the car is of the thicker gauge. Actually this link was thickened up so that the increased gauge checked the tendency for the link to lift away from the gears towards the case cover. As far as we can trace, there has only been one instance of the .060" size of link fracturing at the point where the pin is fitted. We have sent off to you immediately a link of the later type which, without doubt, you will have sent on immediately for fitting to the car, which presumably is still out in France. | ||