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).
High-speed steering wobble tests on a Silver Ghost fitted with a torque control front axle.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\N\July1925-September1925\ Scan315 | |
| Date | 1st September 1925 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c.c. to CJ. BJ. c.c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c.c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} EY. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} ORIGINAL Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/L628.9.25. HIGH SPEED STEERING WOBBLES. 4457 X8420 With reference to DAB/M23.9.25. We have tried a car fitted with the torque control on the front axle and vertical pivots. We could not make the steering take charge however fiercely we applied the brakes. In this condition we found that there was quite an appreciable amount of self-centering. The car used for these tests was a Silver Ghost as this is the car upon which the torque control axle was originally fitted. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||