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).
Instructions for preloading conical roller bearings on a rockershaft to prevent slack in the steering wheel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\3\ scan0360 | |
| Date | 7th February 1936 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}17/EW.7.2.36. With the rockershaft alone assembled in the box, the two conical roller bearings should be preloaded to produce 1 lb. load at the end of the pendulum lever. This is a negligible amount at the steering wheel, and is for the purpose of preventing slack developing. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||