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).
Modification to the side-steering tube ball ends to improve lubrication and prevent clicking.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\1\ Scan272 | |
Date | 23th July 1929 | |
To BY/HEB.{H. Biraben}from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gy. X3806 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gy.2/MJ. 23.7.29. Will you please also include in the modification to the side-steering tube ball ends to prevent the clicking, the modification for the lubrication of the sleeve. This is accomplished by drilling the ball end guide .060 diameter at a distance of .900 from the shoulder. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gy. | ||