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).
The difficulties of forcing grease through shackles and a recommendation for using a strong grease gun.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 4\6\ 06-page03 | |
| Date | 10th May 1921 guessed | |
| contd. -2- we are unable to force the grease through the shackles by the present lubricators, as although we can force home the lubricator cap we find that most of it leaks past the thread and any air there may be in the oil passage is compressed so that when the lubricator cap is taken off the re-fill it practically falls itself by the return of the grease from the part which has been lubricated. In the initial oiling of the car we feel that this can only be done satisfactorily by the use of a strong grease gun with a flange worked by a screw. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||