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).
Analysis of wear and thickness measurements for Bentley B8GA connecting rod bearings from the Paris Trials Car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\1\ scan0047 | |
| Date | 16th July 1936 | |
| PARIS TRIALS CAR (HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}II/KW. 30.6.36.) CHASSIS BENTLEY "B8GA" COUSSINETS DE BIELLES CONN: ROD BEARINGS. PARTIES AYANT SUBI UNE LEGERE USURE PAR BATTEMENT DES COUSSINETS DANS LEUR CAGE SLIGHT WEAR DUE TO HAMMERING EFFECT (SOFT METAL)? TRACES DE LA{L. A. Archer} CHAMBRE DE GRAISSAGE DANS LES TETES DE BIELLES THIS PART OF THE BEARING WHICH IS OPPOSITE THE MACHINED GROOVES OF COUSSINET SUPERIEUR UPPER HALF SECTION AB THE CONN: ROD STANDS PROUD OF THE REMAINDER OF THE METAL BY .005" COUSSINETS SUPERIEURS BIELLES No. EPAISSEURS THICKNESS. 1 2 3 4 5 6 A = ".1295 ".131 ".131 ".1305 ".129 ".130 B = ".130 ".1315 ".1315 ".131 ".1295 ".1305 C = ".1295 ".131 ".131 ".1305 ".129 ".130 EPAISSEURS DES COUSSINETS INFERIEURS, AU CENTRE THICKNESS AT CENTRE OF LOWER HALVES OF BEARINGS. ".128 ".124 ".127 ".129 ".126 ".125 NOTE: LES COUPES DES COUSSINETS INFERIEURS & SUPERIEURS SONT ENVIRON .00025 EN DESSOUS DES COUPES DE BIELLES PARIS | ||