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).
Inspection report on steering tubes, engine feet, and engine stay components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\3\ scan0300 | |
| Date | 3rd June 1937 | |
| - 9 - HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth}1/VS.{J. Vickers}3.6.37. Side Steering Tube (Continued). This was in good condition throughout and showed no signs of wear. Lubrication was good. Cross Steering Tubes LOP.G.81942. Ball Pads with increased friction to prevent rotation in the tube. With the exception of the wheel-end of the N.S. tube, these were in excellent condition. The scheme for preventing rotation had been successful and wear on all parts was very slight. The poundage at each ball pin was checked by holding the pin in question and pulling on the other end of the tube i.e. at a radius of 26". They were as follows :- N.S. wheel end 4 lbs. O.S. wheel end 2 1/4 lbs. " inner end 3 1/2 lbs. " inner end 2 1/4 lbs. These tubes had apparently been taken down while on test, for the mud excluder on the wheel-end of the N.S. tube had been put up incorrectly. G.83425 bronze retaining piece had been put on first, upside down, then the steel mud excluder F.86338, and the spring F.86331 had ridden over these and was pressing up onto the ball-pin. The bronze piece had jammed and had to be driven off the ball-pin. Mild Steel Front Engine Feet LeC.5406. These brackets, F.89314/5, were both cracked as shown on Ex.I.166. Gearbox and Engine Stay LeC.5119. Despatched 26. 4. 37. - mileage 10,000. These were in good condition, and no play had developed in the bolts or holes. continued. | ||