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).
Instruction to modify steering pivots by replacing thrust bearings with fibre washers to add friction.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 80\1\ scan0081 | |
| Date | 26th January 1920 | |
| X.3791a Extract from R4/G26.1.20. X.963. RE STEERING. X.1295. X.2628. X.3791.a I should like you also to take out the thrust bearings on the top of the steering pivots and fit in fibre washers, so as to give some daping friction to the front pivots. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||