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).
List of actions and observations regarding tyres, wheels, dampers, and a dry hub bearing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\4\ scan0081 | |
| Date | 27th October 1938 guessed | |
| ( 3 ) 8) We will obtain the body dimensions you require when the front damper is built up again. 9) We will obtain Dunlop 4 ply standard tyres as instructed. 10) We will contact with Sr. re Pilote wheels suitable for our bolt on type hubs. 11) We will obtain all possible information re rear buffer clearance. We have noted a squeak from the O.S.F. hub, and found that the outer ball bearing was absolutely dry and that the cage had begun to chew up. We have cleaned, lubricated, and refitted the bearing. No grease had escaped from the hub, there was merely insufficient present. --------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Twaller. | ||