The spline wear, fretting, increases exponentially with time. The broken oil feed pipe did us a favour and we were lucky. I am sad the CEO of RR is leaving in March. He has been a good man. I remember well the events of 1971..in the early part of February that year a few of us in the sixth form thought the shares of RR would be a "good thing to buy"
Last edited by DERG; 17th Feb 2011 at 10:40.