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).
Instructions to fix a vehicle wobble by addressing excessive side play in the spring shackles and dumb irons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\4\ Scan107 | |
| Date | 8th September 1913 | |
| R.R. 238 (24 n) (XK. 356. 8.9.13) E.P. 4910. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. INSTRUCTIONS. To Order No. 2 Customer's No. Standard inclination recommended by the Experimental Dept. After this had been done he again saw the car tested & noted that the wobble was still apparently unaltered. He recommended that a particularly good job be made of the spring shackles & dumb irons with a view to taking out all excessive side play, & there can be no doubt that excessive play in this direction does magnify the fault. On completion of repairs, when all these jobs had been carefully attended to, the car was again tested, & the low speed Signed This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. | ||