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Test notes on engine rattles related to a special crankshaft ferodo with clichered webs.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 25\3\  Scan017
Date  14th June 1911
  
R.R. 148 '20 M) (W 414. 13.4.11) G 1616.
X634 H100
crankshaft ferodo
special crankshaft
clichered webs only.

Engine rattles

No slipper wheel. now standard taken on H179, loose connect body.
tested on 1659 but standard 14/6/11 ofg Ernie filter at 6-50 lbs stop.

Engine speed.
old chfs mtn h
(24) 755. 850
(37) 1120
(45.85) 1160 - 1350
(56) 1700
more pronounced no noticeable thuds. etc.

actors below ?.22
w. for h. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 3rd. (To compare with 2 1/2" card see other card)
22 gen 29-1/2 24.28. - V. {VIENNA} Slight, not noticeable
? 3 6.37 - Bad
35-1/2 44. - just noticeable
56. (1st/34a) 2nd - V. {VIENNA} bad.

Correct record as tested from C.P. Ilmes fore. 14/6/11
Retested with solid cam and not rumble as bad but clattered E.S. New, bad, just as bad all round.

R.P. 13/4/11
  
  
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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