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).
Cause of knocking rear shock dampers due to an undersized bearing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 105\3\ scan0369 | |
| Date | 19th September 1936 | |
| x542 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Sft.{Mr Swift} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.16/KW.19.9.36. The attached print shows the cause for the knocking rear shock damper on 22-G-V in France. The smaller bearing is as much as .004" under size in one direction. We consider the recent epidemic of complaints from shock damper knocking to be due to the deterioration in production of the main lever bearing fit. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||