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).
The best steering arrangement and the effects of friction on steering wheel oscillation.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 80\1\ scan0063 | |
Date | 23th April 1920 | |
X.3491 Contd. -3- Hsl/LG23.4.20. We consider that on a present standard car the best arrangement for the steering is as follows:- 1. Pivot lean .25° backwards. 2. Ball joints on side steering tube having one side solid and set up spring on the other side to a load X.3491 of 600 lbs. 3. Steering pivot on one side to have plain thrust washers. When we say that the friction in the pivot pins tends to damp out the oscillation of the steering wheel, we wish to make it clear that this is a matter of degree; the oscillation is not damped out of the car strikes a big bump. What we think it does is, it makes the steering more like the old cars in that respect. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||