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).
Spring load variations in shock absorbers and the use of aluminium washers for adjustment.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\1\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1927 | |
| To BY/HEB.{H. Biraben} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X8431 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG1. 2. 27. X235 With reference to BY/HEB{H. Biraben}7/M31.1.27. We have tested spring F.75148 and find that it gives 105 to 110 lbs. at the end of the 7¼" lever, or about 62½ lbs. at the end of a 13" lever. We would like to reiterate that we, at any rate in the Expl: Dept: find that springs vary in different shock absorbers due to unavoidable variations in machining to the extent of 20 lbs. It is for this reason that we recommended aluminium washers in the high pressure cap to adjust the spring load. We do not know by what means Production are able to use a single type of spring with no adjustment on these dampers. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||