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 stripping, examination, and potential refit of a bearing rig unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\6\ scan0034 | |
| Date | 26th February 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Mths.{Reg Matthews} 1371. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Mths.{Reg Matthews}5/MH.{M. Huckerby}26.2.38. BEARING RIG UNIT. Will you please arrange to strip this unit at present rigged up in the tomb for an examination of bearings and shaft. If found necessary after stripping will you please fit a new set of standard main bearings and new crank-shaft. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Mths.{Reg Matthews} | ||