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).
No.6 balance weight failure on the No.4 journal which came through the crankcase.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 3\6\ 06-page023 | |
| Date | 8th August 1933 | |
| -2- No.6 Balance weight (large) on No.4 journal came through nearside of crankcase, scrapping top and bottom half. The retaining stud had broken off at the base. Total running time since overhaul and reassembly to Specification EIC/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}6/AP.8.8.33. = 15 Hours. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.T. Salt. | ||