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).
Rod clearance tests and the supply of bearings to Leyland for road condition testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 116\3\ scan0056 | |
| Date | 4th December 1937 | |
| -2- was .0033 to .0035 but Leyland's for their preliminary tests with a view to observing the effect of seizure fitted these rods with a clearance of only .0025. They appear to have run perfectly well with this clearance there being no signs of seizure on any of the bearings. We have supplied Leylands with twelve bearings altogether and they are now going to fix six of these to a customer's engine for tests under actual road conditions. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Mths.{Reg Matthews} | ||