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).
Performance of Rudge-Whitworth detachable wire wheels, noting issues with spokes and hub tightening.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\7\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 29th June 1912 | |
| X421 Re Wire Wheels. TBB5/L29612. Mr Royce 29.6.12. Road wheels I think the following information may be of some interest to you. Col. Ferguson writes on June 15th that he has run his Rudge-Whitwirth detachable wire wheels a total distance of about 19,800 miles. For the first 4000 miles the spokes gave no trouble but the wheels required frequent tightening on their hubs. Since that time the hubs have given no trouble but a considerable number of spokes have been broken and required replacing. He points out that the wheels were fitted in July 1909 and that consequently they are not if the latest design. I think the question of tightening the hubs are the points to the importance of really good fitting. The trouble from broken spokes has possibly been overcome in the later design. (10 M 3/12Y (100 B) [X S&S 2/7/12] C-2500) | ||