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).
Failure of a radiator mounting yoke and subsequent repairs and modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\4\ scan0168 | |
| Date | 25th July 1939 | |
| EDWARDS 666a To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} See me Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Châteauroux 4/25.7.39. 30.G.7. Thank you for your memos of the 18th, 20th, and 21st inst. Radiator Mounting etc. The bottom of the yoke has collapsed as shown in fig. I. [Text from diagram annotations] CORNER PIECES BROKEN AWAY AT SOLDERED JOINTS. CRACKED RIGHT THROUGH To BOLT HOLES. The corner stays have been welded and a flanged stiffening piece made to fit over the flat section in the middle and welded in position. We are building it up with the new rubber fitted transversely as instructed and will try it with and without the diagonal stays. We shall only try AFM{Anthony F. Martindale}'s strip for side-ways location if we are still troubled with sideshake at the bottom. We noted that the shutter frame also shakes sideways at the bottom relative to the yoke and have fitted a stay to stop this. Our general impression is that the whole radiator job is a mock-up and requires Design attention. We found when dismantling, that the centre portion of the pan is badly distorted and assume that this is done by jacking up as intimated in your memo. A proper jacking pad is obviously required. Regarding the centralisation of the top yoke bearings, unless something has taken a permanent set, these must always have been right forward due to either errors in | ||