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Crankshaft bearing clearances for a Phantom III Unit Nº3, with wear measurements taken before and after a 10,000-mile road test.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 91\3\  scan0047
Date  5th August 1936
  
PHANTOM III UNIT Nº3
CRANKSHAFT BEARING CLEARANCES.
BEFORE & AFTER 10,000 MILES ROAD TEST.

CRANKSHAFT: E.86615 - Y.C.M. (VK.2888)
MAIN BRGS: E.84771 - WM/T
BIG END BUSHES: E.84683-4 - WM/T
PLAIN CONN-RODS: E.86118-SIN (MARINE TYPE)

Vertical text on right: 11044

TABLE:
BRG Nº | WHEN MEASURED | JOURNAL MAIN BRG DIA. | JOURNAL MAIN BRG BORE | JOURNAL MAIN BRG CLEARANCE | CRANKPIN BIG-END DIA. | CRANKPIN BIG-END BORE | CRANKPIN BIG-END CLEARANCE | OUTER DIA CONN ROD BUSH | BORE OF PLAIN ROD | CLEARANCE
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
1. | BEFORE | 2.7488 | 2.7513 | .0025 | 2.2489 | 2.2513 | .0024 | 2.7486 | 2.750 | .0015
| AFTER | 2.7486 | 2.7515 | .0029 | 2.2488 | 2.2517 | .0029 | 2.7484 | NIL. | .0016
| WEAR. | .0002 | .0002 | | .0001 | .0004 | | .0001 | |
2. | BEFORE | 2.7488 | 2.7513 | .0025 | 2.249 | 2.2513 | .0023 | 2.7485 | 2.750 | .0015
| AFTER | 2.7484 | 2.7523 | .0039 | 2.2489 | 2.2516 | .0027 | 2.7483 | 2.7501 | .0018
| WEAR. | .0004 | .001 | | .0001 | .0003 | | .0002 | .0001 |
3. | BEFORE | 2.7488 | 2.7513 | .0025 | 2.2491 | 2.2513 | .0022 | 2.7485 | 2.750 | .0015
| AFTER | 2.7485 | 2.752 | .0035 | 2.2489 | 2.2518 | .0029 | 2.7485 | 2.7502 | .0017
| WEAR. | .0003 | .0007 | | .0002 | .0005 | | NIL. | .0002 |
4. | BEFORE | 2.7489 | 2.7513 | .0024 | 2.249 | 2.2513 | .0023 | 2.7485 | 2.750 | .0015
| AFTER | 2.7486 | 2.7517 | .0031 | 2.2489 | 2.2516 | .0027 | 2.7485 | 2.7502 | .0017
| WEAR. | .0003 | .0004 | | .0001 | .0003 | | NIL. | .0002 |
5. | BEFORE | 2.7488 | 2.7513 | .0025 | 2.249 | 2.2513 | .0023 | 2.7485 | 2.750 | .0015
| AFTER | 2.7484 | 2.7516 | .0032 | 2.2489 | 2.2517 | .0028 | 2.7482 | 2.7501 | .0019
| WEAR. | .0004 | .0003 | | .0001 | .0004 | | .0003 | .0001 |
6. | BEFORE | 2.7488 | 2.7513 | .0025 | 2.249 | 2.2513 | .0023 | 2.7485 | 2.750 | .0015
| AFTER | 2.7483 | 2.752 | .0037 | 2.2489 | 2.2517 | .0028 | 2.7484 | 2.7501 | .0017
| WEAR. | .0005 | .0007 | | .0001 | .0004 | | .0001 | .0001 |
7. | BEFORE | 2.749 | 2.7513 | .0023 | | | | | |
| AFTER | 2.7487 | 2.752 | .0033 | | | | | |
| WEAR. | .0003 | .0007 | | | | | | |
  
  
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).


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