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).
Cause of shock damper knocks and the solution of fitting close fit hand scraped bearings.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\3\ scan0021 | |
Date | 30th June 1936 | |
Derby ........Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/LES.{Ivan A. Leslie} X1245 Levallois Sr/VAI2/GM.30.6.36 re: Shock damper knocks. -------------------- With further reference to our Sr/VA2/ET. 30.4.36, from experience now gained it certainly appears that the cause of the majority of knocks which we have found to emanate from 20/25 HP. & Bentley hydraulic dampers has been due to slight slackness in the main lever of the shock damper and its bearings. We have overcome the trouble by fitting close fit hand scraped bearings. Sr/VA. | ||