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).
Overload tests on a Phantom III steering gear and the replacement of a failed roller follower.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\1\ scan0523 | |
| Date | 18th April 1939 | |
| 350 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}4/MH.{M. Huckerby}18.4.39. PH.III STEERING. We are carrying out overload tests on a P.III steering gear in the bumper house. This note is to confirm that we have asked you to dismantle the gear and fit a new production roller follower complete with bearing rollers and cages and inner races in place of the one which has failed. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||