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).
Letter detailing steering joggle fixes with lead weights and a modification to gearbox oil drainage pipes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\3\ scan0159 | |
| Date | 31th October 1935 | |
| x300r 2 G.W.Hancock, Esq., Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, France. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}14/KW.31.10.35. We have found on our steering tests on 21-G-IV that steering joggles are reduced considerably by clamping lead weights to the rim of the steering wheel. We have used two weights of 1 lb. each placed diametrically opposite. We should be glad if you would try this on 31-EX and let us know the result. Also will you please try removing the pipes inside the gearbox for draining the oil from the servo bearings. We are hoping that the altered position of the drain hole in these bearings will in itself be sufficient as we would rather not have to standardise the pipes. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||