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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).
Report with diagrams showing the condition of connecting rod bearings after a 456-mile test.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 71\4\  scan0279
Date  6th July 1925
  
Connecting Rod Bearings on 93NK.
after 456 Miles

Top Row:
No1 cap: blow holes
Rod: crushed
No2 cap: crack
Rod: metal in oil groove
No3 cap: OK
Rod: OK

Bottom Row:
No4 cap: OK
Rod
No5 cap: blow hole
Rod: OK
No6 cap: cracks
Rod: crack

There is no sign of metal becoming loose on any bearing at this stage.
GHA 6/7/25
  
  


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