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Written note discussing modifications to a radiator support, including changing stud and washer specifications.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 15\1\  Scan069
Date  9th December 1928
  
COPY OF WRITTEN NOTE.
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To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce}

Sunday the 9th. Dec. 1928.

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Further to my letter of last night, DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
and I worked at the radiator support this morning, and came to the conclusion that for immediate application we could increase the stud to 5/16. Watch that the clearances are all right and use a rubber washer on the bottom instead of the steel spring.

[Drawing of a washer with dimensions <-- 1 1/2 -->, <-- 1/2 -->, A <-> 3/4 V]

This is the washer which will be the longest thing to get.

I think, if the distance piece did not allow the radiator to lift more than 1/16 the stud would not have broken.

The job is not coarse enough and we are altering it tomorrow to a bigger size.

There does not seem much the matter with the scheme.

R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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).


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