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).
Performance of wheels, specifically the risk of them self-tightening on hubs, and comparing R.W. Wheels to Dunlops.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\7\ B001_X15 20 46 50 59-page043 | |
| Date | 28th November 1913 | |
| R11/P 28.11.13. Sheet COPY. upon the hubs, and it is possible also to get them off the hubs after they have been on for some little time, that is, I fear, as I have pointed out before that they will not screw themselves up tightly enough to prevent movement, or they will screw themselves so tightly as to make it difficult to remove them. If this is a fallacy I want it exploded, and I should be glad to have any reports concerning R.W. Wheels on our heavy cars. So far I can see up to the present the Dunlops made to our particular requirements are doing well, but they are naturally more complicated and probably slightly heavier. They keep tight and are easily removed. R.{Sir Henry Royce} and drawings. | ||