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).
Accessibility and removal of gearboxes from 20 HP chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 6\4\ 04-page186 | |
| Date | 23th January 1928 | |
| To DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X5310 EAC. 10. 48310 X5310 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG23.1.28. Replying to DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/Jd{J. Draper - Frames}11.1.28. Below is a note from Mr. Maddocks, Production Test Dept. as regards accessibility of gearboxes :- "It is our practice with 20 HP. chassis to take down gear boxes without removing the engine. This is necessary where attention to the gears is necessary, as the box has to be returned to the Works, and also when attention to the clutch is required. We should much prefer the gearbox to be easily removable and do not want to have to remove the whole unit. The time required to remove a 20 HP. unit is four times that required to remove the box only." Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||