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).
Requesting the fitting of a Ransome & Marles roller follower to a rig steering box for testing purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\6\ scan0020 | |
| Date | 16th June 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. W.Bell. +371 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}21/AP.16.6.37 RIG STEERING BOX. Will you please fit to the above box the Ransome & Marles roller follower with 0.312" dia. balls, and marked 1.Rg{Mr Rowledge} which is in the Shop. We wish to rig test this roller with the load applied to the outside tooth flanks, as occurs in the locks in the actual steering gear, and for this purpose it will be necessary to remove some material from the cam in order to clear the second tooth of the roller as in sketch attached. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||