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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).
The importance of wheel balance in reducing road shocks transmitted to the steering.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 29\1\  Scan032
Date  10th September 1925 guessed
  
contd :- -2-

steering is that road shocks, in our experience, are reduced.
(b) Wheel balance.

The makers had taken the trouble to balance all the wheels on this car. We found that this was very necessary. The shocks on the steering were appreciable when we removed the balance weights.


lia/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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