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).
Servo and linkage, and an opinion on a bearing failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\3\ scan0164 | |
| Date | 3rd November 1935 | |
| ( 2 ) 3.II.35. The Servo and linkage we are taking care of, by a guard fitted to the Gearbox itself, but as I say we have not tested it as yet. Re. Failure of Bearings. In our opinion the failure was due to weakness of the shell for the fork rod. The bearings of the plate rods are 100%. ----------- G.W.Hancock G.W.H. | ||