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).
Rear axle failure, awaiting analysis of gears and oil from Paris.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\2\ scan0230 | |
| Date | 6th August 1937 | |
| Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 300a Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gryl/R.6.8.37. 32-EX - REAR AXLE. Referring to Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}2/E29.7.37., we do not yet know the reason for this axle failure. The gears and the oil are on their way to us from Paris, and we will have the oil analysed and tested when it arrives. When the axle was dismantled in Paris nothing could be found mechanically wrong with it, other than the fact that the gear surfaces had picked up. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||