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).
Bentley connecting rod failure and requesting a modified set with two locating tabs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\3\ scan0101 | |
| Date | 27th May 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X214 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.1/KW.27.5.35. Bentley Strip Bearing Con. Rods. We think it probable that the rod which failed in France had been reassembled the wrong way round, causing the locating tabs to shear off. Will you please make up a set of narrow pin rods to Ex.16046 but with two tabs in each half of the big end, as shown in Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1987. These can be fitted either way round, and after running them on the beds we will send them out to GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||