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).
Breaking side steering tube springs for the 40/50 HP model, recommending replacement.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\1\ scan0194 | |
| Date | 1st February 1927 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X8450 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/LG3. 2. 27. 40/50 HP. SIDE STEERING TUBE. We note in a report from Paris on Quarterly Complaints, that they have experienced 3 cases of 1500 lbs. side steering tube springs of the old over-stressed type, breaking. From our own experience we know that these springs are bound to break. The steering becomes almost dangerous when they have broken. We therefore recommend that cars to which these side steering tube springs have been fitted should receive the earliest attention with regard to fitting N.sch.2301.2.158 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||