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).
Proposal to modify steering pivots by fitting fibre washers to add damping friction, accompanied by a diagrammatic sketch of a side steering tube.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\2\ Scan050 | |
| Date | 26th January 1920 | |
| Contd. -2- R4/G26.1.20. x.8794a I should like you also to take out the thrust bearings on the top of the steering pivots and fit in fibre washers, so as to give some damping friction to the front pivots. R.{Sir Henry Royce} X.3791 R4/G26.1.20 THERE IS A SET UP LOAD WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT ON EACH BALL CUTTING OUT FLEXIBILITY FOR LOADS SIDE STEERING TUBE WITH SET UP SPRINGS DIAGRAMMATIC | ||