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).
The failure of thrust cages in pinion bearings and a request for returned parts for examination.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\4\ scan0175 | |
| Date | 25th June 1937 | |
| K/KC. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}8/AP.25.6.37 FAILURE OF THRUST CAGES IN PINION BEARINGS. Whenever you have one of these failures in a GB.2035 bearing please let us know whether the nip was correct and then return the next two or three bearings to us for examination. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||