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).
Letter discussing the greasing of ball bearings, supply of castings for brake linings, and brake shoe springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 21\3\ Scan012 | |
| Date | 31th October 1918 guessed | |
| grease in the two ball bearings, and preventing anyone from adding oil or grease by means of the brass cap. We assume that these ball bearings would run 12 months if once carefully greased. If you cannot manage to supply the screws as mentioned kindly let us know and we will do the best we can with the old ones, but it would be much more convenient we think, to turn up some new castings the correct diameter to allow for the Ferodo, which we think should not be less than .100" thick by 1.000" wide. Could you also include a set of four springs for the inner brake shoes. Yours faithfully, | ||