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).
Suggestion to modify the steering gear by replacing the ball thrust bearing with hardened steel and fibre washers to introduce friction.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\4\ Scan130 | |
| Date | 1st April 1914 | |
| R.R. 235A (150 H) (V.V. 681 12-3-14) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 0414. To Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} for Mr. Hives from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Copy to Na.{Mr Nadin} Copy to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} L6414 Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} 6414 Steering Gear with plain thrust bearing in column. X. 457. R2/P 1. 4. 14. COPY. With reference to the experiments with steering, and the fact that we have not sufficient friction to damp out the oscillations, I should be glad, if you would try removing the ball thrust bearing of the steering pivot, (This carries the weight of the car) and substitute in place of it two steel hardened washers with a fibre washer in between. If it requires any friction, this would be an easy way of introducing it. F.H.R. X457 X1242 | ||