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).
Continued description of engine components including the cylinder block weight and camshaft drive assembly.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\5\ Scan133 | |
| Date | 18th November 1924 guessed | |
| contd :- -4- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Eal/LGS.1124. The method of supporting the cradle and locating the cyl. heads on it is not apparent with the water jackets in position. The total weight of the cyl. block complete with valves and springs is only 54 lbs. The pinion for the Camshaft Drive is carried in a split P.E. bush mounted in a split aluminium shell. The shell is a close fit in the cradle and is secured by a screwed collar. Two dogs transmit the drive from the vertical shaft. The thrust is taken by the ends of the P.B. bush. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||