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).
Investigation into the cause of a fractured pivot.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\12\ B002_X168-page028 | |
| Date | 10th March 1917 | |
| R1/B15313. W.M. RECEIVED 10 MAR 1917 From F.H.R., Copies sent to: Mr. Johnson, Mr. Wormald, Mr. Hives. Fractured Pivot. I thank Mr. Wormald and Mr. Hives for the fractured pivot which is evidently the same species of fracture as those broken on the road. We have now to find out how this reverse stress has been produced on the road and, so far, the only way seems to be for a combination of a tyre out of balance and a loose cross tube - which you have in hand to investigate. F.H.R. [Handwritten signature: W. Wormald] [Handwritten note: x168,.] | ||