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Steering friction and low speed wobbles concerning a customer's Phantom III model.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 96\1\  scan0151
Date  12th July 1937
  
W/S. {Derby Works / Sales}
H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. Br. {T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager}

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Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 2/R.12.7.37.

Count Haugwitz Reventlow - 3-AZ-96.
H15/RH. {R. Hollingworth} 6.7.37.

Our P.III steering is not as light as many
steerings on American cars. It is also necessary to put a
certain amount of friction in the steering to prevent low
speed wobbles. Sometimes when a car leaves the Factory,
the friction in the cross steering tube builds up. Judging
from this customer's observations this may have happened in
the case in question.

If Br. {T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} ensures that friction in the steering is
no greater than is necessary to eliminate low speed wobbles,
we do not think that the customer will be dissatisfied.

Rm. {William Robotham - Chief 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).


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