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).
Recommendation on the positioning of clips on rolled eye rear springs to ensure proper bedding.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 16\7\ Scan229 | |
| Date | 14th March 1930 | |
| 8740. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}4/MJ.14.3.30. ROLLED EYE REAR SPRINGS. We have been trying to get a good bedding on a pair of new rolled eye rear springs. We find that at the solid eye end of the spring the clip is nearer the end of the leaf than at the rolled eye end (i.e. B. < A.{Mr Adams} in sketch). The stiffening of the clip when it is close to the tip of the leaf makes to tip dig in and it is impossible to get good bedding. We recommend that the centre line of the clip should not be less than 2.25 inches from the leaf tip or alternatively that the tip of the leaf carrying the clip should be thinner than the others. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||