Proposing a handle-operated central bolt for 20 HP wheel carriers, referencing models X.5600 and X.8600.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\5\ scan0050 | |
| Date | 7th September 1927 | |
| Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to SG. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} X5600 DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EV {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 2/M7.9.27. 20 HP. WHEEL CARRIERS X.5600 X.8600 Both Sales and R. {Sir Henry Royce} have suggested that a handle might be more convenient for operating the central bolt of the 20 HP. wheel carriers. We cannot use the 40/50 bolt scheme without radical changes in the carrier design. We would however like to try the present stud scheme operated by means of a handle, and for the experiment we suggest that you replace the hexagon by a screw thread, and screw in a standard 40/50 handle, thus - SEE ORIGINAL FOR SKETCH. This would be no worse from the point of binding the thread than is the use of an ordinary fixed spanner on the hexagon. Would Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} kindly report on this when we will discuss the matter with R. {Sir Henry Royce} DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||
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).