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).
Fitting a rubber bearing roll rod to replace a lubricated one, and a shortened brake carrier lever to prevent fouling.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\2\ scan0019 | |
| Date | 10th February 1936 guessed | |
| -2- under these conditions. It is suggested that this rubber bearing roll rod should be fitted up and tested as soon as possible so that if it is feasible it may replace the present lubricated roll rod which it was intended to produce in the production of the 51st.chassis. We shall send to you in the course of a very short while some suggestions for a rubber bearing connecting link for the roll rod, which may go either to the top triangle or the bottom triangle, but we feel that this will be highly experimental in nature and will require considerable development work. We therefore do not wish to tie it up with the tests on the rubber bearing roll rod which is something which we require to overcome difficulties with the existing scheme. On this drawing we also show a shortened brake carrier lever on the frame side member, which has been made to overcome the complaints of fouling between the end of the lever and the spring suspension pot, as well as fouling between the lever bearing bracket and the D.W.S. jack ram. We suggest that this be introduced on production when convenient. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Att: N.Sch.4748. | ||