Request to dismantle and inspect a steering column and box due to a bad knock, suspecting a broken ball in the cam follower.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\2\ scan0343 | |
| Date | 16th May 1938 | |
| 200a - To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 18/JH.16.5.38. 6.B.4. Will you please have the steering column and box removed, dismantled and inspected, there is a very bad knock coming from the box and we suspect a broken ball in the cam follower. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||
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).