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).
Inspection report detailing wear on bushes for a joint fork, cross pin, and the condition of a spherical component.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\4\ scan0221 | |
| Date | 25th September 1924 guessed | |
| (9) Wear on bushes for joint fork Actual size. -.978) (.975 drg.size. -.972)A.{Mr Adams} B (.972-1/2 wear. -.006) (.003 Side clearance when in position.002 - drg size .002 to .004 Wear on bushes for cross pin Actual size. - 1.012) (1.017 to 1.043 eliptical drg.size -1.000 )A B (1.000+1 wear. .012) (.017 to .043 Side clearance when in position.Oil - drg size .002 to .004. Bushes show signs of seizing in bore and on faces, and one as above very badly worn. Internal sphere fairly good. External casings sererely strained and bolts have received a bump displacing whitemetal. [Handwritten note on diagram, left side] INTERNAL SPHERE DOES NOT BED HERE ON BOTH HALVES [Handwritten note on diagram, right side] WHITEMETAL DISPLACED IN 4 PLACES. Sphere altogether is in a very poor condition owing to lack of lubrication due to oil pipe from frame to sphere being broken. Sphere has not been modified with oil baffles. | ||