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).
Discrepancy in the R.H. lock angle for a 20HP chassis steering system.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\O\January1926-March1926\ Scan152 | |
| Date | 20th March 1926 | |
| TO HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} ORIGINAL DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/M20.3.26. X5840a X5430 10.G.111. - 20HP. CHASSIS FOR 10,000 MILES. Referring to HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG17326., item 4., we do not understand how this lever limits the R.H. lock to 33° instead of 36°. We made a layout of this lever - N. scheme 2066. - shewing that a 9" lever was required to get 36° R.H. lock, and N. scheme 2087. shews a 9" lever. We know that we do not always get the locks we anticipate on the layouts, and if this is the cause of the trouble it is understandable, but your reference to 36° makes us think that what is actually causing you the trouble is the outside steering box, and not the lever on the axle. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||