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).
Request for replacement parts for a faulty isolated change gear lever on model 21-G-IV.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\4\ scan0071 | |
| Date | 20th August 1935 | |
| X5000 To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}, Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}3/KW. 20.8.35. Isolated Change Gear Lever on 21-G-IV. G.W.H. reports that the isolated change gear lever on 21-G-IV is not working satisfactorily owing to grooving of the shafts and housings of the ball bearings that support the gear lever. Will you please make one off each of the following parts to be sent out to G.W.H. to replace the faulty pieces. Outer Bearing Guide G.57040. Outer Bearing Housing G.57038. Inner Bearing Sliding Piece G.57057. Inner Bearing Housing G.57032. We think that new ball and cage assemblies should be sent in addition. Will you please make sure that the above parts are hardened as called for on the drawings. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||