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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).
Design suggestions for the 'SS' clutch, focusing on bearing races and proportions.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 13\7\  07-page030
Date  15th February 1929
  
BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c. to SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

XD7300

DAL/M15.2.29.

'SS{S. Smith}' CLUTCH. X.7300 X.548 X.547

We received your telegram yesterday re. a method of holding the inner or outer race while we slid the opposite one under the balls.

We send herewith N.sch. 2831 shewing this with some other suggestions. We suggest holding the inner race and sliding on the outer one. We also suggest that it is worth trying the proposal to slide on the inner bore by increasing its length.

We notice on referring to Hoffman's latest list that they make a bearing, the proportions of which are rather different to those originally used in the clutch, and we believe came from Skefco. We have therefore suggested in this last bearing a modification of the proportions, and we also suggest that the old scheme should be tried with a bearing of these new proportions.

DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  


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