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).
Modifications and assembly instructions for a side steering tube.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\1\ scan0168 | |
| Date | 1st August 1926 | |
| 48450 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG25. 8. 26. SIDE STEERING TUBE. With reference to the steering tube F.75379 which you are at present making. This tube should be fitted up with the latest modifications as indicated on F.75394, and also pieces F.75566/7, and spring in the front as well as the rear end of the ball pin. The main springs to be fitted up with the tube are F.74422 (4 off), and the total initial projection on each end before ball cap F.9875 is put on, should be .225". Attached is print shewing this arrangement of side steering tube end. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||