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).
Request to replace brass pads on the cross steering tubes due to increased friction and signs of picking up.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\2\ scan0038 | |
| Date | 16th June 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 300a Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}20/AP.16.6.37 32-EX. Cross Steering Tubes. The friction of the ball joints on the nearside cross steering tube of 32-EX. has increased and the brass pads show signs of picking up. Will you please replace these brass pads by BZ/PD. pads, as already in the offside tube, and reset all joints to 3 - 3 1/2 lbs. friction load. The BZ/PD. pads are already in existence. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||