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).
Report on grooved worms for steering systems to address component sticking and customer complaints.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\3\ scan0331 | |
| Date | 5th September 1935 | |
| Copy. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}13/T.5.9.35. Copy to Sft{Mr Swift} Re: STIFF STEERINGS. ---------- I now send you a considered report from Sft.{Mr Swift} and you will see that he has made a case after tests for the return of the grooves in the worms, and has proved to his satisfaction that grooved worms are definitely better from the point of view of sticking than the non grooved worms. I believe this matter is of such importance seeing that we are getting customers complaints and customers are even being held up on the road, that the grooved worms should be re-instructed and so far as ever possible we should make it retrospective. After you have decided with the Designand Experimental Department, I shall be glad to have your assurance that definite steps are being taken. Sft{Mr Swift}2/BH.5.9.35 attached hereto. Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}, | ||