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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).
Photograph illustrating damage to a 2nd motion shaft, with fractures on the gear retaining piece and a broken bolt.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 15\5\  Scan305
Date  24th May 1932 guessed
  
BROKEN BOLT.
GEAR RETAINING PIECE FRACTURES.
2ND MOTION SHAFT CONTINUOUS GEAR TEETH DAMAGED BY CONTACT WITH OUTER BALL RACE OF BALL BEARING ON 1ST MOTION SHAFT.
  
  


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