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).
Technical note on preloading conical roller bearings for the rockershaft to prevent slack.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\1\ scan0277 | |
| Date | 7th February 1936 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/PJH.17/RV.7.2.36. With the rockershaft alone assembled in the box, the two conical roller bearings should be preloaded to produce 4 lb. load at the end of the pendulum lever. This is a negligible amount at the steering wheel, and is for the purpose of preventing slack developing. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/P.J.Hardy. | ||