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).
Issue with Wraith steering pivots and bushes, proposing a trial of copper deposited pins.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 9\7\ 07-page106 | |
| Date | 4th January 1938 | |
| 650 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}4/R.4.1.38. WRAITH STEERING. We find that the pivots of 27.G.VI, which have tightened up on the road, have been picking up in the bushes GW.395. We wish to try copper deposited pins in cast iron bushes. Will you please make as soon as possible 2 bushes GW.395 in cast iron, and grind down and copper plate the pins as in attached sketch, SK.5073. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||