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 required weights on the rear tyres for a long chassis to normalize spring camber and bring rubber buffers into contact.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 80\2\ scan0001 | |
| Date | 8th July 1911 | |
| R.R. 348A (100 H) (W 387. 4.4.11) E.P. 8817. x2628 DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}7/T8611 Issued July 8th 1911 This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. x484 Mr Barrington 8/7/11 RE LOAD ON BACK WHEELS. with On a long chassis of the 1600 type the springs suitable for a heavy body, require a total weight on the rear tyres to bring the camber of springs to normal is of 26 1/4 cwt, and to bring the rubber buffers in contact with the axle tube 29 3/4 cwt. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||