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).
Complaint of a noisy axle on a Bentley, identifying a broken steel cage on a thrust bearing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\3\ scan0291 | |
| Date | 2nd December 1936 | |
| 6201 To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Kingsbury. Dec. 2nd, 1936. Bentley. Complaint of Noisy Axle. B-86-GA Mileage 8,514. The thrust bearing GB.2035 was found to have the steel cage broken. I am forwarding the race up to you for your inspection. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/G.W.Hancock. | ||