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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).
Use of a Chain Roller Bearing Co. bearing for the back axle pinion of a Goshawk I or II.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 20\7\  Scan039
Date  21th February 1921
  
X.4282

To HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}

DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}7/CB21-2-21.

The attached roller bearing, made by the Chain Roller Bearing Co., will fit the back axle pinion bearing of either Goshawk I or Goshawk II.
We think it might be worth while building up one of these axles with this type of roller bearing to see if it has any advantages over the Hoffman type.

DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  


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