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).
Low-speed steering wobble issue on the 20 HP chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\1\ Scan209 | |
| Date | 20th March 1926 | |
| X457 Ho OWB2/DN20.3.26. TO EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to DJ, H of. & Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM OWB 20 HP Low Speed Steering Wobble. We have been aware from the earliest times that a low speed steering wobble could be set up on the India chassis artificially, but until recently we have never known of a case where a low speed wobble was set up accidentally nor where it persisted if the steering wheel was let go. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} has fully reported on this matter during the early trials of the India chassis. Recently, however, there have been two cases in which, not only was a low speed wobble set up accidentally, but in which it would persist indefinitely if the car speed was maintained even after the wheel had been released. The latter of these - GOK-17 - I tested yesterday, the 19th March, and found it behaved in such a manner that it could not possibly be passed. This is altogether a different matter and it is necessary that the case of GOK-17 is most thoroughly examined, so that the causes leading to this trouble are discovered and remedied and it is made certain that they are not present in any other 20 HP chassis. CWB CWB(signature) | ||