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).
Use of an interference fit for an oil seal.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 152\2\ scan0241 | |
| Date | 30th January 1939 | |
| -2- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}8/JH.30.1.39. required instead of increasing them. There would be no spring pressure on the back of the oil seal but as this is an interference fit it should not move. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||