Secret memo discussing modifications to cure handbrake seizures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\3\ scan0140 | |
| Date | 6th June 1941 | |
| To Ev {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} /JD. {J. Draper - Frames} c. to Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1029 SECRET. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /MHR. {M. H. Rigby} 1/JH.6.6.41. Handbrake Seizures. Further to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /MHR. {M. H. Rigby} 3/JH.31.5.41. we consider that there should be a felt seal on each end of the bearing bracket GB.4982, which will have to be modified. The Bijur connection will now be unnecessary. Log book evidence is incomplete in that it does not say whether the bearing with oil seal was better than that without one. However, we know that there has been no trouble with the new cross-shaft which has a seal for each bearing. Meanwhile, we are chromium plating the shafts in the experimental chassis, this being a certain cure. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /MHR. {M. H. Rigby} | ||
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).