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).
Material choice for pinion bearing adjustment washers for the Bentley rear axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0193 | |
| Date | 29th April 1937 | |
| HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 202 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}4/R.29.4.37. BENTLEY REAR AXLE. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}7/VS.{J. Vickers}28.4.37. With regard to your memo concerning the new pinion bearing adjustment washers in either brass or case-hardened steel, we should like your views on whether the brass ones can be made. If you consider they can be manufactured in production quantities, will you please send a range of washers to Chateauroux for trial on 3.B.IV. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||