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).
Request to test and modify the rear universal joint on experimental car 22-EX to measure axle twist and spring deflection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\4\ Scan089 | |
| Date | 19th April 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X 7340 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.8/KW.19.4.34. Universal Joint Test on 22-EX. We want to investigate further Hancock's trouble re straining the rear universal joint. Will you please modify the rear universal joint to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1361, and fit up a device as attached sketch, so that we can record the maximum axle twist and spring deflection under road conditions. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||