Modification to the side-steering tube ball ends to improve lubrication and prevent clicking.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\1\ Scan272 | |
| Date | 23th July 1929 | |
| To BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HEB. {H. Biraben} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gy. X3806 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gy.2/MJ. 23.7.29. Will you please also include in the modification to the side-steering tube ball ends to prevent the clicking, the modification for the lubrication of the sleeve. This is accomplished by drilling the ball end guide .060 diameter at a distance of .900 from the shoulder. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gy. | ||
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).