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).
Analysis of a transmission failure on a customer's car, focusing on the rear wheel drivers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\4\ scan0058 | |
| Date | 11th May 1937 | |
| Ex 153 R.H. DRIVER SHEARED OFF AT COMMENCEMENT OF RADIUS AS SHOWN 2 CRACKS IN L.H. DRIVER AS SHOWN EXTENDING FROM RADIUS AND PICKING UP WITH SHARP CORNER OF SPLINES CRACKS IN END OF BARREL PORTION COINCIDE WITH SHARP CORNERS AT BOTTOM OF SPLINES BRINELL 315 SPLINES COMPLETELY SHEARED OUT FROM THIS SECTION BRINELL 307 CHASSIS B 174. H.K. REAR AXLE M.S.B.W. REAR WHEEL DRIVERS G100050 - 1N S/N SPEEDOMETER READING - 6078 MILES ROLLS-ROYCE LTD 11 MAY 1937 DERBY TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON CUSTOMERS CAR Ex 153 | ||