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 examination and modification of a Spectre Rig Gearbox following a seizure test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\1\ scan0213 | |
| Date | 11th October 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X 328 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}10/KW.11.10.35. SpectreCodename for Phantom III Rig Gearbox. We have sent the above gearbox into the shop after prolonged high speed running in an attempt to seize it up. Will you please examine the 3rd speed, 2nd speed and pilot bushes to see whether they show any signs of seizing and rebuild with the 3rd speed bushes instructed in Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}17/KW.6.8.35. Will you please also drill 3. 0.0625" holes in the 3rd motion shaft from the space between the two bushes to the inside of the shaft. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||