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The failure of a Lovejoy shock absorber following rig testing.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 28\1\  Scan043
Date  27th October 1925 guessed
  
FAILURE OF LOVEJOY SHOCK ABSORBER

DOWEL PIN LOCATION BROKEN HERE

BEARING DISTORTED.

DOWEL PIN HOLE WORN OVAL AND DISTORTED.

BOTH SHOCK ABSORBERS FAILED AFTER 155 HOURS RUNNING ON BUMPING RIG.
  
  
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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