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).
Letter concluding a diagnosis of a steering problem, attributing it to the ball joints or king pins.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\3\ scan0044 | |
| Date | 24th September 1927 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE OF AMERICA, INC. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. - 2 - OY.R.92427 September 24th, 1927. Consequently some of the trouble with the present steering is probably in the ball joints or king pins, rather than in the worm and nut, since these joints and pins are under different stresses when the front wheels are carrying the load instead of being carried. Yours very truly, MO/r Maurice Olley | ||