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).
Design of shock absorber shafts, comparing a Woodruff key and splined taper.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 16\4\ Scan126 | |
| Date | 7th December 1929 | |
| X7520 To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/MJ.7.12.29. SHOCK ABSORBERS. In our last memo we recommended a Woodruff key and taper for the shaft of the shock absorbers. On going over the question we cannot really see that there is any objection to the present splined taper though production asked for the former. We quite appreciate the difficulty of making the lever and shaft in two pieces on the rear owing to the clearance necessity between the shock absorber and rear springs. However, the integral lever and shaft are undoubtedly difficult to manufacture. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||