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).
Issue with rear spring clip nuts striking the frame, proposing a modification to increase clearance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\4\ Scan021 | |
| Date | 4th January 1930 | |
| X1333 BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} } HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} } FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} } DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/M4.1.30. REAR SPRING CLIPS. We understand that tests over rough roads have demonstrated that the nuts of the clips holding the rear springs to the axle strike the frame. Though when set out the nut does not strike the frame, actually most of the sideways movement appears as though it took place on the spring on the maximum bump, this being the bent one, so that the nut may come actually under the frame. A little more clearance therefore seems desirable, and we send herewith N. scheme 3005, shewing how the pad could be modified to reduce the height of the nut. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||