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).
Improvements and a temporary arrangement for hydraulic shock absorbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\2\ scan0138 | |
| Date | 4th March 1926 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X8520 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/LG4.3.26. HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBERS. /1235/ In order to endeavour to get as many of the instructed improvements as possible on the dampers which will be fitted to the car leaving for Le CanadelHenry Royce's French residence at the end of the next week, we are making castings to N.sch.2145, deleting the restricted leak over the high pressure valve. The reason for this is that R1/M2.3.26. indicates an alteration to this leak, and we do not anticipate that we shall get a WW. scheme for this alteration to enable the necessary pattern making, casting and machining to be carried out in time. We are incorporating the idea, however, in a temporary arrangement. At the same time we are carrying out intensive tests with various types of gland packing to overcome the trouble experienced at this point. We have tried the return from the gland with the lower oil level as indicated in DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}4/M27.2.26. The results do not indicate any possibilities in the scheme. [Text from diagram] TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT RESTRICTED NON-RETURN LEAK. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham. | ||