Internal request to manufacture and fit new shear pins for a steering tube joint.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\2\ scan0354 | |
| Date | 11th May 1939 | |
| 200a To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 4/MH. {M. Huckerby} 11.5.39. 6.B.IV STEERING. Will you please make 6 shear pins to EXS.1635 and fit 2 of these to the rear side steering tube joint of 6.B.IV. New holes will have to be drilled as the new pins are smaller to shear at a lower load. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||
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).