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The flywheel teeth count for large bore units fitted with Borg & Beck clutches.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 129\2\  scan0076
Date  3rd October 1935
  
To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

X 1110

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 24/KW.3.10.35.

Borg & Beck Clutch.

We think that as we are fitting these clutches to all large bore units, the flywheel should have 118 teeth for either 20/25 or Bentley. In all cases, therefore, these engines will have 20/25 geared starter motors.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}
  
  
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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