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).
Softness of front springs and issues with engine 58NA's rubber buffers and oil pressure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 16\1\ Scan063 | |
| Date | 11th June 1914 | |
| R.R. 235A (150 H) (W.W. 315. 21-5-14) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 0570. gg COPY. To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Copy to Pd. Copy to Wdr. for EH.17614 Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}17614 R11/P 11. 6. 14. It is rather generally agreed that our front springs are a little too soft. I have suggested from time to time that we increase the stiffness of them a little as well as the fact that they are to be made of rather more plates, less highly stressed to overcome the difficulty of the permanent set. This Report of 58NA{Mr Nadin} using the rubber buffers more frequently than desirable may be due to either over flexibility or permanent set, or a little of each. { With further reference to 58NA{Mr Nadin}, I cannot see settle { the object of reducing the oil pressure on this engine, at { any rate below our usual. (Mr. Hives. MADE AT CROXLEY X1106 X1040 X740 | ||