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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).
Proposed thickening of a steering column ball bearing housing.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 38\1\  Scan075
Date  27th November 1920
  
X3465

To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (1 print).
c. to TB. (1 print).
c. to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} (1 print).
c. to EFC.

Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}4/CB27.11.20.

X.4301. Re Steering Column. X.3465.
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Replying further to your By4/P4.10.20, we
send herewith two blue prints of "N" scheme 654 shewing
the proposed thickening of the right-hand ball bearing
housing. We do not think that the left-hand housing will
benefit by any thickening.

It appears to us that the cause of this
trouble is too much pressure per square inch on the ball
bearing housing. A thin sleeve would slightly reduce this
pressure but not enough to be any real benefit, we think.
What appears to be required is a larger ball bearing, but
we think this too much of an alteration to be considered
at the present time, especially when we are contemplating
further modifications to the steering in connection with
the fracture of steering box shafts etc.


Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  


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