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).
Faulty thrust bearing on a B.35.KU chassis trials car, detailing its short service life.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\1\ scan0335 | |
| Date | 1st August 1938 | |
| To Bentley Motors Ltd. Derby Copy to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} / FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Sr. is absent Levallois VA5/ET.I.8.38 Re: CHASSIS B.35.KU F.B.A. Ltd. - TRIALS CAR. With reference to the damaged thrust bearing which we removed from the pinion of the rear axle of the above car and which you took back to Derby with you, we do not remember whether we gave you the mileage which it had covered. For your information, we fitted the bearing on the 8.3.38, as per instructions contained in Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}2I/JH. 28.2.38. The car had then covered I3.859 Kms. and, when we removed it, the car had covered 26.887 Kms. You will observe from the above that the bearing (GB.2680) did not last very long. VA. | ||