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).
Design options for a device to withdraw the pendulum steering lever from its shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 80\1\ scan0217 | |
| Date | 3rd June 1920 | |
| *3920 Extract from R1/G3.6.20. X.4073. RE WITHDRAWING DEVICE FOR PENDULUM STEERING. LEVER. X.3465. X.3920. I think on the new chassis we should endeavour to fit a convenient means of withdrawing the lever from the shaft. On this old design it might be advisable to leave a simple collar in which a hub drawer could be used. I certainly do not like cutting down the actuating nut and apparently the diameter of the boss. The screw thread to be put on the lever also would appear to be rather inconvenient, but about this you will let me know; it depends so much upon the machines at the works, that is, whether they can swing the lever. | ||