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).
Test results for rear axle pinion bearings on the Phantom III and Bentley models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0228 | |
| Date | 31th May 1937 | |
| SHEET I REAR AXLE PINION BEARING TESTS PHANTOM III G 83388 NATURE OF TEST | LOAD | DEFLECTION ---|---|--- | | NORMAL | PRELOADED THRUST LOAD | 2000 LB | .001" | .001" JOURNAL LOAD | 2000 LB | .002" | .001" THRUST } COMBINED | 2000 LB | .001" | .001" JOURNAL } | 2000 LB. | .0005" | .001" TORSION TEST | 4000LB INS | 0° 20' | 0° 17' END PLAY IN BEARING | | .001' | NIL BENTLEY GR{George Ratcliffe} 2035 NATURE OF TEST | LOAD | DEFLECTION ---|---|--- | | NORMAL | PRELOADED | BEARING REVERSED, PRELOADED THRUST LOAD | 2000 LB | .002" | .002" | .002" JOURNAL LOAD | 2000 LB | .003" | .0015" | .0015" THRUST } COMBINED | 2000 LB | .002" | .0015" | .0015" JOURNAL } | 2000 LB | .0015" | .002" | .002" TORSION TEST | 4000LB INS | 0° 18' | 0° 17' | 0° 17' END PLAY IN BEARING | | .001' | NIL | NIL PHANTOM III BEARING WAS PRELOADED BY REMOVING .0005" FROM FACE BENTLEY BEARING WAS PRELOADED BY REMOVING .001" FROM FACE | ||