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).
Information from Hancock about big end bearings and a potential solution for trouble with a No.3 connecting rod.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0353 | |
| Date | 1st June 1936 | |
| TO RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} + no a Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/KW.1.6.36. Herewith some information from Hancock on his big end bearings. We do not usually have trouble with No.3 connecting rod, but the oil grooves in the intermediate bearing which we are sending out with the next bearing may improve the situation. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||