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).
Modification to shock absorber connection ball ends to improve lubrication.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 105\3\ scan0089 | |
| Date | 6th February 1930 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/MJ.6.2.30. SHOCK ABSORBER CONNECTION BALL ENDS. We have established that a groove ball end pads improves the lubrication enormously. We should therefore like the ball ends on the shock absorber connections to be treated in this manner. The groove running half way across the pad from the blind end of the ball as explained to By/SS.{S. Smith} c Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Handwritten notes: X 5520 X5520 x7520 | ||