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).
Benefits of spring buffers for the life of steering gear, referencing a report on the matter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\12\ B002_X168-page164 | |
| Date | 21th August 1913 | |
| Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/EM16/L21813. Re Steering Pivots. 168 X.247 R.{Sir Henry Royce} 21-8-13. We are in receipt of your memo R8/P19813 in which you state you have not yet obtained any information as to whether any spring buffers or elasticity is beneficial in saving the steering gear from road shocks. We have raised the point with Mr Hives and he informs us that experiments were made and he issued a report (A3/EH1/C22413). We therefore send you a copy of this report herewith. Mr Hives informs us that he condemned the spring buffers as an alternative to changing the pivots but he is of the opinion that they are beneficial to the life of the steering gear as his report shows. p. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} | ||