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).
The Peregrine cross steering tube hitting the oil pump, highlighting the inadequacy of a low-rating spring as a torque member.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\4\ B001_X 100a-page122 | |
| Date | 8th December 1932 | |
| To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X4057 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}11/MJ.8.12.32. Y4027 We send you herewith a print shewing the position of the Peregrine cross steering tube. On GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}'s. car in France his tube has nearly knocked the oil pump off, which shews the inadequacy of the modern low rating spring when utilised as a torque member. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||