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).
Complaint of excessive lubrication on Wraith rear spring shackles and a request to modify drawings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\1\ scan0067 | |
| Date | 9th August 1937 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten] 600a also 1184 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.4/JH.9.8.37. Bijur Feed Wraith Rear Shackles. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} has complained of excessive lubrication of the rear spring shackles on 26-G-VI in France. Instructions now ask for a ZS.5 plug feed at this point on Wraith where as Bentley and 25 H.P. have ZS.3 plug. We have asked Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} to fit ZS.3 plug and should like the drawings to be modified. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/LES.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||