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).
Requesting the measurement of end play and wear examination on a gearbox removed from car 37-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0250 | |
| Date | 24th June 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 328 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}13/AP.24.6.37 GEARBOX 8 HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} This box has now been removed from 37-EX. car, having done about 6,000 miles since soft splined gears were fitted. Will you please measure the accumulated end play in both the 2nd. motion shaft and 3rd. motion shaft and then strip the box for examination. We particularly want to know whether there has been any wear on the soft faces of the gear bosses. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||