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. | ||