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 altering the adjustment of the side steering tube springs on a chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\1\ scan0249 | |
| Date | 22th April 1936 | |
| 16 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X300A Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}24/KW.22.4.36. 32-EX. Steering. Will you please alter the adjustment of the side steering tube springs on the above chassis as follows :- (1) Reduce the length of each spring equally so that when the ball pads, ball pin, springs and guides alone are assembled in the rear end of the side steering tube, the rear guide projects between 0.003" and 0.007" beyond the alum. washer on the end of the housing. The amount to be ground off each spring must be found by measurement, but it will be approximately 0.030". (2) The nuts on the ball pads should be set and locked so that they just do not compress the springs. You have already adjusted 36-EX in this manner so no difficulty should be experienced. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||