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).
Request to check the finger setting and plate thickness of a 6-B-IV 11' clutch before fitting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0141 | |
| Date | 6th July 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} x200a 4 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.5/KW.6.7.36. 6-B-IV - 11" Clutch. Will you please check the finger setting and driven plate compressed thickness of this clutch before fitting. We do not want the fingers to be more than .010" out of adjustment, or the compressed thickness of the plate to be irregular by more than .005". Will you please fit lever Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}159 to begin with. If the clutch does not free properly with the lever we shall have to change to GB.2191. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||