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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 on the effect of removing the pivot bearing end plate on high speed wobbles.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 29\1\  Scan327
Date  22th March 1928
  
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Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/LG22.3.28.

HIGH SPEED WOBBLES.

We ran a car on which all the end plate was taken out of the pivot bearing. This has not appreciable effect on high speed wobbles, if anything the effect was worse.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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