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).
Instructions and drawings list for a Bentley chassis crankshaft experiment using Packard Type balance weights.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\5\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 11th June 1936 | |
| X27 ~~To RROC~~ ~~Illegible~~ c. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} BY/GSS/EH.11.6.36. Re Bentley Chassis - Crankshaft - Section 5010. LeC.5139 - Packard Type Balance Weights. (Temporary Scheme using Existing Forging.) Please receive herewith blue prints of the following new drawings, detailed in accordance with the above LeC. E.B.2964 Crankshaft E.B.2965 Balance Weight E.B.2966 Stud - Balance Weight E.B.2967 Plug - Crankshaft Please instruct the above parts as required, together with parts to LOP/E.B.2700, with the exception of the following:- E.50125 Plug E.56890 Dowel E.60004 Lockwasher E.B.1028 Balance Weight - Small E.B.1082 " " - Large E.B.2687 Crankshaft E.B.1031 Lockwasher - Balance Weights 4 off less. K.4010 Nut - Balance Weights 4 " " This completes instructions for the above experiment. It is proposed to produce this crankshaft from Forging E.B.39.F, but a choice of forging will be necessary to obtain the required shape of the centre webs. BY/CS. | ||