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).
Load setting of front shock absorbers and recommending a hydraulic type over the friction type.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\2\ scan0091 | |
| Date | 10th September 1925 | |
| X8520 To BJ. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 103-MC. X8750 X.8520 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG10.9.25. Answering your BJ14/DN7.9.25. With regard to the setting of the front shock absorbers. At the moment we cannot recommend increasing the load on the front shock absorbers because we do not think they would maintain the friction or stand up mechanically if the load was increased to any marked extent. It is partly for this reason that R.{Sir Henry Royce} is recommending a hydraulic type shock absorber for the front in place of the friction type. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||