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).
Page 2 of a letter discussing bearing clearances and manufacturing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\4\ scan0048 | |
| Date | 18th January 1940 | |
| - 2 - W.A.Robotham, Esq. 18th January 1940. the bearings, just as we had left them from the diamond boring, they found they could work satisfactorily and get better results with clearances of two or three thou. I think, therefore, it would probably be better if Mr.Blackith came up and had all the drawings prepared or any clearances decided on the crank-pin etc., so that we can manufacture a bearing such as Fords buy, as that would go in and give a perfectly good result. Yours sincerely, Jhn. Hmslett, MANAGING DIRECTOR. | ||