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).
Best arrangement for car steering and the effects of pivot pin friction.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\2\ Scan083 | |
| Date | 23th April 1920 | |
| Contd. -3- Hsl/LG23.4.20. We consider that on a present standard car the best arrangement for the steering is as follows:- 1. Pivot lean .25" backwards. 2. X3791 Ball joints on side steering tube having one side solid and set up spring on the other side to a load of 600 lbs. 3. Steering pivot on one side to have plain thrust washers. When we say that the friction in the pivot pins tends to damp out the oscillation of the steering wheel, we wish to make it clear that this is a matter of degree; the oscillation is not damped out of the car strikes a big bump. What we think it does is, it makes the steering more like the old cars in that respect. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||