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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).
Silent tappet failure caused by an oil supply issue.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 158\4\  scan0019
Date  30th May 1933
  
Files.
X1157
30.5.33.
x 1060
SILENT TAPPETS.
The attached photograph shows the failure of the silent tappets due to failure of the oil supply which caused the top of the piston to knock the bottom out of the housing.
Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}
  
  


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