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).
Shock absorber joint issues, load adjustments, and resulting wear.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\1\ Scan295 | |
| Date | 22th October 1929 guessed | |
| -3- can be heard by the passengers in the car. The trouble is not with the ball joints which can be adjusted, but the joints in the shock absorber itself. We hesitiate to increase the load on the shock absorbers because of the possible increase in wear. The maximun wear on the rear shock absorbers at present is 85 lbs. although on light open touring car we have increased it to 120 lbs. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||