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Requesting the construction of a crankshaft and crankcase for a modified Bentley stiff rear main bearing.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 114\2\  scan0133
Date  20th March 1935
  
To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
+3807
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Smth.26/KW.20.3.35.

Bentley Stiff Rear Main Bearing.

N.Sch.4419 has now been issued which covers modifications to the flywheel end of the stiffened rear main bearing, scheme LeC.4350.

Will you please construct us a crankshaft and crankcase to this arrangement.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Smth.
  
  
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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