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 requirement to fit an EX.1st motion shaft instead of G.57103 due to a change in clutch pilot bearing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\1\ scan0135 | |
| Date | 20th February 1936 | |
| X100a TO RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.6/JH.20.2.36. 22-G-V.{VIENNA} In conjunction with the oillite cage bearing which we have asked you to fit as pilot bearing for the clutch on the car, please note that you will have to fit the EX.1st. motion shaft instead of G.57103. The production and experimental shafts are identical except that the former takes a small bore pilot bearing. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||