Rolls-Royce Archives
         « Prev  Box Series  Next »        

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).
The preference for forged forks over square bar forks for the Bentley clutch operation.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 85\2\  scan0271
Date  13th August 1936
  
X212

DR.

C. Er.Des. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Fm.

E/HDY.{William Hardy}1/HP.13.8.36.

Bentley.

Clutch operation with cantilever pedals
M.Sch.4776.

With reference to the forks on the rod between the intermediate lever and the clutch operating shaft, although on the main scheme we show these made from square bar we remark in our memo E/HDY.{William Hardy}1/HP.10.3.36 that we prefer the forged forks as shown on the same drawing.

We see from the pieces which have been made by the Experimental Department that the square forks have been instructed, but we should be glad if you would kindly alter the instruction so that forks subsequently made are of the forged type.

E/HDY.{William Hardy}
  
  


Copyright Sustain 2025, All Rights Reserved.    whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
An unhandled error has occurred. Reload 🗙