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).
Instructions for steering system lubrication and the removal of the pivot pin and bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\2\ scan0141 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1938 | |
| -6- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Cr.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester}8/MH.{M. Huckerby}2.9.38. Lubrication. All the steering joints are lubricated from the one shot chassis lubrication system. The steering box should be filled to the level of the filler plug with Price's Amber A oil. Removal of Pivot Pin and Bearings. (1) Jack up front of car. (2) Remove road wheels, drums and hubs. (3) Disconnect cross steering tubes. (4) Disconnect pull rods at bell crank levers. (5) Undo eight nuts holding carrier plate to pivot. (6) Undo oil pipes to bottom pivot bearing. (7) Undo top and bottom pivot flanges. (8) Undo nut at top of pivot pin. (9) Withdraw pivot pin. (10) Pivot can now be removed from yoke. (11) Bearings can be removed from pivot. | ||