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).
Comparison between an existing and a suggested stiffer clamping washer for a front end 2nd motion shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 12th December 1936 | |
| EXISTING SCHEME CONTACT AREA BETWEEN INNER RACE & CLAMPING WASHER .100 WIDE CADILLAC GEARS CLAMPING WASHER G 54680 1.650 DIA x .100 THICK CLAMPING WASHER DISTORTED .006 & WORN .012 THIS WASHER IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH & TAKES A PERMENANT SET AS SHOWN WHEN CADILLAC GEARS ARE USED. PIII 35 Ex CLAMPING WASHER FRONT END 2ND MOTION SHAFT SUGGESTED SCHEME SUGGEST A STIFFER CLAMPING WASHER BE USED 1.750 OUTSIDE DIA OUTSIDE DIA OF LOCKWASHER INCREASED TO 1.500 ROLLS ROYCE, LTD PRINT ROOM DEC 12 1936 DERBY Ex I 96 | ||