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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).
Comparison table of steering component weights for various chassis models.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 88\3\  scan0188
Date  31th March 1936
  
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To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}23/KW.31.3.36.

Comparative Steering Weights.

Component | Ph.III | 20/25 | 25/30 | Bentley
Steering gear, with wheel, controls, pendulum lever, and ball pin (dry). | 48.62 | 39.00 | 49.00 | 43.06
Side steering tube with front ball pin | 5.62 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.44
Bell Crank Lever on Ph.III.) Half ramshorn lever on other chassis. | 11.00 | 1.94 | 1.94 | 1.31
Cross Steering tube with ball pins (two tubes on Ph.III). | 8.50 | 6.62 | 6.62 | 5.62
TOTAL: | 73.74 | 52.56 | 62.56 | 54.43

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy.
  
  


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