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).
Seizure of a spigot bearing bush in the gearbox and suggesting altered drawing clearances.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0265 | |
| Date | 16th July 1937 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. Hdy.{William Hardy} 328 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/AP.16.7.37 P.III. GEARBOX. Seizure of Spigot bearing bush. The rbonze bush between the 1st. and 3rd. motion shafts started life with a clearance inside and outside of .001" to .002"s. We find after a French test that this clearance is at least .005" inside and out. To reduce the chances of seizure we suggest that the drawing clearances are altered to .002 to .003. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||