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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).
Table of measurements for a Cadillac 5-bearing crankshaft and bearing clearances after a 10,000-mile test in France.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 125\1\  scan0241
Date  12th March 1935
  
CADILLAC. — CRANKSHAFT & BEARING CLEARANCES AFTER 10,000 MILES
TEST IN FRANCE
5-BEARING CRANKSHAFT

MAIN BRG. CLEARANCES
BIG-END BRG. CLEARANCES

| Nº | WHEN MEASURED | JOURNAL DIA. | MAIN BRG DIA. | CLEARANCE | CRANKPIN DIA. | BIG-END BRG DIA. | CLEARANCE |
|----|---------------|--------------|---------------|-----------|---------------|------------------|-----------|
| 1 | 23.3.35 | 2.625 | 2.6285 | .0035 | 2.499 | 2.5073 | .0083 |
| | | | | | | 2.507 | .008 |
| 2 | | 2.6244 | 2.6295 | .0051 | 2.4992 | 2.507 | .0078 |
| | | | | | | 2.5073 | .0081 |
| 3 | | 2.6242 | 2.6315 | .0073 | 2.4994 | 2.5071 | .0077 |
| | | | | | | 2.5065 | .0071 |
| 4 | | 2.624 | 2.6303 | .0063 | 2.4995 | 2.5067 | .0072 |
| | | | | | | 2.5067 | .0072 |
| 5 | | 2.6253 | 2.628 | .0027 | 2.4995 | 2.5068 | .0073 |
| | | | | | | 2.5064 | .0069 |
| 6 | | | | | 2.4995 | 2.5067 | .0072 |
| | | | | | | 2.5068 | .0073 |
| 7 | | | | | 2.4993 | 2.5063 | .007 |
| | | | | | | 2.5064 | .0071 |
| 8 | | | | | 2.4992 | 2.507 | .0078 |
| | | | | | | 2.5065 | .0072 |

STAMP:
ROLLS ROYCE, LTD
PRINT ROOM
MAR 29 1935
DERBY
  
  


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