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).
Considerable oil leak from a rear axle pinion.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\2\ scan0190 | |
| Date | 27th November 1936 | |
| 5002. To H.F.Hamilton, Esq., C/O Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, FRANCE. c. to GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}18/AP.27.11.36. We note from your Daily Report on 22.G.V. that a considerable oil leak is taking place at the rear axle pinion. We have known occasions on which the nuts retaining the pinion housing have come loose, and we should be glad to know whether this is the case on your car or whether the leak is entirely past the acme thread. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||