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).
Requesting modifications to reverse shafts for synchro-mesh gearboxes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 104\4\ scan0068 | |
| Date | 17th November 1931 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} ✓5310 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}5/MJ.17.11.31. SYNCHRO-MESH GEARBOX. Will you please modify the reverse shaft in 12-G4. to the accompanying sketch. Will you also please make another solid shaft to Ex.7104. In the gearbox for 19-G4. we should like a standard reverse shaft, the front bush is whitemetal .0035 clearance to the temporary scheme on N.Sch.3359, and the back bush also in whitemetal with horizontal oil groove at the top. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/H.Grylls. | ||