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).
Condition report on a broken lower pivot bearing and a front crossmember assembly.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 9\5\ 05-page203 | |
| Date | 4th May 1938 | |
| - 2 - HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LK.{L. King}1/VS.{J. Vickers}4.5.38. On the lower pivot bearing the flange has broken away from the outer race GW.1961 (see photograph attached); the outer race was manufactured by Messrs. Hoffmann. The front crossmember assembled to FW.1088 - details fitted to this assembly, including lower triangle lever fulcrum pins and needle roller bearings, are all in good condition. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/L. King. | ||