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).
New design for a Bentley rear axle pinion with an integral inner bearing race.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0023 | |
| Date | 27th June 1934 | |
| RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} +202 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}7/KW.27.6.34. Rear Axle Pinion - Bentley. You are making for us a pinion to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} in which the inner race of the nose roller bearing is integral with the pinion. We should like to get this on a car as soon as possible. It has been suggested that there will be a difficulty in getting bearings correct to size. Ransome & Marles however say they could supply these with the inner diameter of the rollers to within .0001. This pinion should overcome trouble of damage to the oil thread by distortion. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||