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).
Instruction regarding an experimental cure for a whistling flywheel on a Bentley by increasing side clearance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0034 | |
| Date | 4th September 1933 | |
| GRY.{Shadwell Grylls} Instructed for B5 unit going in green car. Confirm it has been done & check result on road. X212 To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} A/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}17HP 4.9.33. re Bentley Whistling Flywheel. We send you herewith blueprint: LeC.3612 shewing the side clearance increased between the edge of the starter ring and the flywheel casing, by introducing a turning operation. Will you please confirm as soon as possible this experimental cure for the whistling noise. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} cl | ||