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).
Description and blueprint diagram of a crankshaft and its associated drive gears.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\5\ scan0119 | |
| Date | 23th December 1933 | |
| -3- He/GRY.{Shadwell Grylls}9/KW23.12.33. Crankshaft. This has 10 main bearings of 2.150 diameter is built up of two identical halves bolted together in the middle, the bolts also retaining the two auxiliary gears. The crankpin diameter is 1.950. Both journals and pins are solid. The webs are extended to form balance weights. [Blueprint Diagram Text] MAGNETO DRIVEN THRO' OLDHAM COUPLING FRONT END 2.250 BLOWER DRIVE DRIVES OIL & WATER PUMPS IN TANDEM CAMSHAFT Bz S S Bz SUPPORTED IN BLOCK. DURAL MAG. CRANK. BLOWER. S Bz S Bz S Bz | ||