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 issues of creaking with Rudge-Whitworth wire wheels, comparing them to Dunlop wheels.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\I\May1922\ Scan136 | |
| Date | 1st January 1922 | |
| R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C. C. C. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} C. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} C. Ba. C. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} C. McL. ORIGINAL. Hal/T315. 22. GOSHAWK RUDGE-WHITWORTH WHEELS. V3599 7-Gos.II is running in France fitted with Rudge-Whitworth wire wheels. Before the car left, we had trouble with the wheels creaking badly. We have since heard from Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} that they have to be continually tightening the wheels in order to overcome the creaking. The Rudge-Whitworth representative has been over to see us with reference to this matter. As the R.W. wire wheels fitted to 7-Gos.II are the only set we have running at present, they are arranging for an expert to go to France and to examine the wheels and explain how the creaking can be overcome. After the interview with their expert, one would imagine that creaking is likely to be a common fault with the R.W. wheel. They impress upon one so much as regards the necessity of tightening up the wheel with a metal hammer, and recommend that the wheel should be jacked off when this is done. The attention they recommend is much more than is necessary with the Dunlop. The creaking appears to come from the cone on the lock nut which is a fine angle. From the results so far, we do not consider R.W. wheels are as satisfactory as the Dunlop. The creaking of the R.W. wheels is equally as objectionable as the squeaking of the thick leaf springs from which we have received a large number of complaints and put to a very great expense. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||