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).
Necessity and drawbacks of extra friction on front axle pivots to prevent steering wobble.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\1\ Scan226 | |
| Date | 31th May 1926 | |
| TO HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} X457 R3/M31.5.26. re. FRICTION ON FRONT AXLE PIVOTS - N.SCH.2200. - X.8420. I dislike immensely the extra friction on the front axle pivots as we have been forced to arrange it on N.Scheme 2200. Naturally we should prefer to do without the friction altogether because of the difficulty of steering and uniform lubrication, and the unsatisfactory complication involved. Is it necessary with medium pressure tyres to provide so much friction against low speed steering wobbles, or do not these tyres, owing to their longer surface on the road, tend to stop low speed steering wobbles? As an alternative can we not put sufficient pressure upon the 4 steering balls to take the place of this undesirable complication shewn on theabove mentioned drawing? R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||