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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).
Blueprint illustrating the failure analysis of a big-end bearing and connecting rod bush.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 89\4\  scan0025
Date  29th December 1936
  
BENTLEY UNIT R.G.B.R.
BIG-END-BEARING FAILURE
FLANGE OF BUSH BROKEN AWAY
SURFACE BADLY SCORED
SHAPE OF LOWER BUSH
EXTENT OF DISCOLOURATION DUE TO HEAT
BAD CRACKS
CON.G ROD EB 2815/6
BUSH EB 2810
BEARING FAILED AFTER 800 MILES
Ex I 119
CWW
29/12/36
  
  


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