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).
Test report and drawing of a Lower Ball Pin for a Rear Shock Damper Link after a 40,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\2\ scan0243 | |
| Date | 15th March 1937 | |
| 22 G.V. AFTER 40,000 MILES TEST MAX WEAR ON BALL END PINS F 57884 S/N .050 NEAR SIDE .075 OFF SIDE THE HARDENED SKIN DISSAPEARS OVER THE WORN SURFACE THE HARDNESS WAS CHECKED ON CORE & CASE & FOUND TO BE O.K. INNER BALL PAD F 57886 IN GOOD CONDITION THE OIL PASSAGES WERE FREE AND BALL PADS LEAKING OIL WHEN CAR RECIEVED IN SHOP THE LOWER BALL PAD WORN APPROX SAME AS BALL PIN ALSO HAMMERING ON THE BOTTOM AGAINST CAP NUT LOWER BALL PAD F 84932 - 32/SLC LOWER BALL PIN - REAR SHOCK DAMPER LINK ROLLS-ROYCE LTD PRINT ROOM MAR 15 1937 DERBY Ex I 140 | ||