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 addition of felt sealing washers to the bell crank lever needle bearings for the Phantom III rear brake operation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\4\ scan0128 | |
| Date | 4th January 1936 | |
| X306 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} MARTINDALE BY: c. E.Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}Hdy.{William Hardy} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/HP.4.1.36. Phantom III Rear Brake Operation. N.Sch.4648 herewith shews the addition of felt sealing washers to the bell crank lever needle bearings on the same lines of those found successful in France, but eliminating the objectionable feature of that arrangement, viz. that the end thrust ofthe rollers was received on the felt. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||