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).
Comparative analysis of Daimler and Lanchester gearbox designs with annotated diagrams.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\5\ scan0297 | |
| Date | 30th March 1925 | |
| AJS2/DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}30.3.25. -2- SHAFT TURNED DOWN BETWEEN TWO BANDS OR SPLINES NO TOUCHING BETWEEN GEAR & SHAFT HERE The Daimler box has since been re-designed, and we believe, from the parts which were seen, must be as below - FLOATING BUSH Full lines indicate parts seen. NOT TO SCALE WHITE METAL LINED BUSH ON STATIONARY SHAFT The writer was given the impression that the Daimler people consider the plain bearing 2nd. motion shaft to be infinitely superior to one of ball bearing type, although their 1st. motion shaft scheme seems unmechanical to us. On the Lanchester 21, the reverse is in principle similar to our India, but is arranged to run in plain bearings, and is as shown thus - NUT. SLEEVE GROUND ON OUTSIDE | ||