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).
Complaint of rattling controls in the New Phantom steering column, with suggestions for an anti-rattle device.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\1\ Scan224 | |
| Date | 23th January 1926 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c.c. to CJ. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} f4117 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/M23.1.26. NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I STEERING COLUMN. X. 8430 X. 8240 X.4117 We understand from HR. that Mr. Minchin has made a rather emphatic complaint about the controls rattling in the head of the steering column. We believe this complaint is not uncommon, and we know that the new PhantomCodename for PHANTOM I steering is not quite so good if anything in this respect as the Silver Ghost. We are also aware that the usual practice is to give all the tubes a permanent set, which has the effect of loading up their bearings. It is on the assumption that this method is not adequate, at any rate as a lasting cure of rattles, that we have made N.Sch. 2131 (herewith) shewing one or two suggestions for an anti-rattle device on the bearing between the stationary tube and the worm tube, and also on the bearings of the other tubes, though we believe that this latter case is not the cause of the trouble, but most of the rattles occur between the stationary tube and the worm tube. These suggestions go mostly on existing steerings, except one, which requires a new control lever, and we should be much obliged if you could rig them up and test them. Should they prove successful we could extend the idea somewhat for a future steering to generally increase the dimensions. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||