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).
Test results for rear axle pinion bearings on Phantom III and Bentley GB 2035 models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\5\ scan0130 | |
| Date | 31th May 1937 | |
| SHEET I 31-5-37 REAR AXLE PINION BEARING TESTS PHANTOM III G 83388 | NATURE OF TEST | LOAD | DEFLECTION NORMAL | DEFLECTION PRELOADED | |---------------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------------| | THRUST LOAD | 2000 LB | .001" | .001" | | JOURNAL LOAD | 2000 LB | .002" | .001" | | THRUST } COMBINED | 2000 LB | .001" | .001" | | JOURNAL} | 2000 LB | .0005" | | | TORSION TEST | 4000 LBS INS | 0° 20' | 0° 17' | | END PLAY IN BEARING | | .001" | NIL | BENTLEY GB 2035 | NATURE OF TEST | LOAD | DEFLECTION NORMAL | DEFLECTION PRELOADED | DEFLECTION BEARING REVERSED, PRELOADED | |---------------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------| | THRUST LOAD | 2000 LB | .002" | .002" | .002" | | JOURNAL LOAD | 2000 LB | .003" | .0015" | .0015" | | THRUST } COMBINED | 2000 LB | .002" | .0015" | .0015" | | JOURNAL} | 2000 LB | .0015" | .002" | .002" | | TORSION TEST | 4000 LBS INS | 0° 18' | 0° 17' | 0° 17' | | END PLAY IN BEARING | | .001" | NIL | NIL | PHANTOM III BEARING WAS PRE LOADED BY REMOVING .0005 FROM FACE BENTLEY .001" | ||