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).
New rubber connecting link for the Phantom III front roll rod and a proposed experiment.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\2\ scan0022 | |
| Date | 14th February 1936 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Copy to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lce. +346 E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}3/MN.14.2.36. GRY{Shadwell Grylls} Phantom III Front Roll Rod. We send herewith N. Sch.4763 on which we show a rubber connecting link for the Phantom III front roll rod, the roll rod and bearing being that shown on N.Sch.4748. We have shown the connecting link going to the lower triangle in order to get a more effective anti roll rod for a given load in the link. The lower ball end fixing is shown for either jacks on the wishbone or for jacks on the frame. The question of the hardness of the rubber and the amount of compression of the same will have to be discovered by experiment. We suggest that we start off with some rubbers of say 100 durometer, and that the rubber cylinders be bought amply long so that they can be sheared off by a sharp knife under water until the right length is ascertained, to give the required compression. This experiment is of dual interest because not only would it simplify and cheapen Phantom III by removing the chassis lubrication and simplifying the connecting link, but it is even more interesting as an advance test on Wraith II. We shall send you in a day or two a scheme for a similar connecting link for the rear roll rod and rear shock absorbers. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Att: N.Sch. 4763. | ||