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).
Suggestion to pre-treat new springs by 'bedding' the plates to prevent complaints of hard riding.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67a\2\ scan0184 | |
| Date | 22th September 1928 | |
| Spring Friction. -2- Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/NRC{N. R. Chandler}7/MW22.9.28. suggest whether or not it would not pay is in the long run to do a certain amount of bedding on the plates of new springs before they are put on new chassis, because it is quite possible that this may tend to avoid complaints of hard riding during the first few months of the cars life. Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} wpe. | ||