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).
Report on a 5-B-IV front axle failure and recommendations for design changes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 7th January 1935 | |
| x4583a (3) To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/KW.7.1.35. 5-B-IV Front Axle. Herewith RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}'s report on the failure of 5-B-IV front axle with the latest type of axle control. This rather confirms our request that the cross steering tube should be slightly increased in strength. We are now conducting tests to see whether the new axle control arrangement to N.Sch.4179 can be held responsible for the very bad brake jaggers which have occurred on this car. In considering this report we would point out that it is highly improbable that a present standard customer's car could possibly be subjected to a jagger such as those we have managed to produce. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||