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).
Investigating the cause of a dynamo drive bearing failure on a car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\2\ scan0334 | |
| Date | 21th August 1937 | |
| FRANCO-BRITANNIC AUTOS LTD. CONCESSIONNAIRES DE ROLLS-ROYCE, BENTLEY & C. PARIS LEVALLOIS-PERRET REGISTRE DU COMMERCE SEINE 262.464 B RÉFÉRENCE PRIÈRE DE RÉPONDRE A SERVICE DES VENTES & MAGASIN D'EXPOSITION 12, Avenue George V.{VIENNA} PARIS VIIIe Tél. BALZAC 02-01. 02-02 Télgr.: FRANCOBRIT-PARIS ATELIERS DE RÉPARATION 25, Rue Gide LEVALLOIS-PERRET (Seine) Télgr. FRANCOBRIT-LEVALLOIS-PERRET Tél.: WAGRAM 68-38 PEREIRE 31-04 [Stamp]: AUG 23 1937 [Top Left]: 1245 [Top Right]: HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [Handwritten Note]: hwm 21/8/37 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} You no doubt got my message from the Repair dept- that new gears were required for B.A.Z 20 owing to the seizure of dynamo drive bearing & consequent failure of the intermediate wheel. which had several teeth cut away entirely. I have been over all the possible causes of failure & so far have not been able to find a solution. It is extremely unlikely to have been due to insufficient clearance in for the bearing as the car has run over 20.000 miles. Dr was driving at the time & he is confident oil pressure was maintained. | ||