Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud - Page 8

Chapter
A
Workshop
Monual
Rolls-Royce
Silver
Cloud,
Silver
Cloud
ll
ond Phantom
V
Connecting Rods
Type
'H'
section. Fully
machined
and
balanced.
Material
Chrome Molybdenum
steel.
Big-end bearings
Copper,
lead-indium
lined thin
steel shells with
'pre-sized'
bores
to suit
diameter
of
crankpins.
Camshaft
Material
Case
hardened
nickel
steel
Number
of
journals
Four
Bearings
Four Babbitt lined
steel
shells
Thrust
taken
Front
Drive
Helical
tooth
gears
Main Bearings
Number
off
Type
Pistons
Material
Number of rings
Valve Gear
Inlet valves
Exhaust
valves
Valve
tappets
Lubrication System
General
Type
High
pressure
supply
Low
pressure
supply
Sump
capacity
Oil
pump
Oil
pressure
relief valve
unit
Oil
filter
Eentley
Sl,
Bentley
52 ond Bentley
Continentdl
52
Seven
ry
Copper,
lead-indium
lined
thin
steel shells with
'pre-sized'
bores
7
to
suit diameter
of
crankshaft
journals.
rn
0a
=
Aluminium
alloy,
split skirt.
Three
compression
and one
Duaflex oil
scraper. Top
compression
ring chromium.plated.
Overhead
push
rod
operated. Dual springs.
Gland
packing
to
control lubrication.
Side. 'Brightray'heat-resisting
faces
to
prolong
life.
Barrel type,
flat face.
High
pressure
feed
to
crankshaft,
connecting
rod
and
camshaft
bearings
and to the distributor
drive
skew
gearing.
Dual
oil
relief
valve
providing
a
positive
low
pressure
oil
supply
to
the
engine
gears
and
to the hollow valve
rocker
shaft
from
which
valve rockers,
push
rods, tappets
and cams are
lubricated.
Pressure
throughout
25 lb/sq.in.
(approximate)
5 lb/sq.in.
(approximate)
2
galls.
(Imperial),
2.4
galls. (U.S.A.),
9.1
litres.
Spur
gear
type with floating
intake
strainer.
Dual
type, controlling
both high
and low
pressure
feeds.
'British'
Full-Flow
type
A2
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