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).
The effects of preloading the cam on a Marles steering system, resulting in heavy steering and poor self-centering.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\4\ scan0168 | |
| Date | 6th February 1936 | |
| x500a To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to Hdy.{William Hardy} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CWL.4/JH.6.2.36. 2A-C-IV. Marles Steering with preloading on the Cam; 1½lbs. on the Steering wheel. The effect of this has been heavy steering with very little improvement and the steering reaction. It has made the steering less directional. It does not self-centre so readily. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CWL. | ||