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).
Clicking issue in the 20 HP side steering tube and potential modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\3\ scan0170 | |
| Date | 14th May 1927 | |
| To DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}, from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X5430 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LG14.5.27. 20 HP. SIDE STEERING TUBE. X5450 The click which we mentioned in the side steering tube can be cured by the modification as per attached sketch. You will observe that G.H.Hancock has complained that he has just discovered the same thing in France. The affects are certainly more marked than one can conceive to be possible and we should therefore like some modification for affecting a cure as soon as possible. With reference to the damped pendulum lever. If we put the side steering tube springs in this device we are definitely going to lose our spring loaded side steering tube balls. We consider these are a tremendous asset in preventing rattles which result from wear on these parts. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||