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).
Letter discussing a fractured bracket and broken wing stay studs on a Bentley chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\1\ Scan439 | |
| Date | 16th May 1936 | |
| X1245 To Bentley Motors Ltd. Derby.................... Copy to .......... Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Leslie Levallois Sr/VAI/BT.{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer}16.5.36 Re: B E N T L E Y Stiffened type bracket of cross member and broken studs of front wing stays. ------------------------------------------------- We thank you for your Ry/SS.{S. Smith}3/C/12.5.36. While making an examination of chassis B.10.GA (Brincard), we discovered the following: 1° The stiffened type bracket of the cross member has fractured half way across, in the same position as indicated on the sketch which we attached to our memo Sr/V44/CM.7.5.36. 2° The two n/s upper studs which hold the above member and the front wing stay in position on the frame have failed, also the upper studs of the n/s second wing stay. SECOND For your information, we also recently discovered on chassis B.180.EF (Joninon) that the two upper studs of the o/s and n/s front wing stay had fractured. We are unable to state whether the fracture was due to the fact that the Coachbuilders had not tightened up the nuts of the studs or whether the studs are perhaps too weak for the job. We have arranged to let Van Vooren, who construct the majority of bodies for Bentley chassis in Paris, have two suitable spanners for the job. We should mention that, on chassis B.10.GA, we found the nuts of the studs of the o/s front and second wing stays to be well tightened up. Do you consider that 5/16 studs are strong enough for the job? As you are aware, some cars are subjected to very hard work in France. Sr/VA. | ||