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Sketch detailing satisfactory piston clearances for the 40/50 chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 35\2\  scan 093
Date  19th August 1919
  
To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From EH.
c. to BN {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} +

EH5/LG19.8.19.
19th. Aug. 1919.

RE 40/50/CHASSIS. X-2748

With reference to the Pistons for the 40/50 chassis below is a sketch which gives the piston clearances we have found to be most satisfactory. We consider that the limits on the fitting portion of the pistons should be to .0005".

[Sketch with the following labels]:
4.478"
4.480
.280"
4.490"
4.491"
4.494"
  
  
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).


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