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Lack of side load surface on Bentley rear hubs and an attached schematic with a proposed solution.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 90a\3\  Scan191
Date  3rd October 1935
  
To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
R m GRY {Shadwell Grylls} -
Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 5/MN.3.10.35. X262
Copy to Mr Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} HDY {William Hardy} RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
BENTLEY - Rear Hubs.
To deal with the question of lack of side load surface between the rear hub and the locating ball bearing, experienced on Mr. Hall's car, we send herewith N Sch.4636, shewing a deep shoulder without modifying the ball bearing.
Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
Att: N Sch.4636.
  
  
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).


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