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).
Proposal to increase the diameter and stiffness of clutch and brake pedal stems to prevent bending.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65a\3\ scan0229 | |
| Date | 3rd July 1930 guessed | |
| -3- if one was rather hurriedly forced to apply the brake and pressed at the top of the plate the pedal stem was bent anything up to 1/4" and caused it to bind on the edges of the metal plate on the sloping boards. We have recently sent you a design for adjustable pedal stems and we suggest that the stem in the clutch and brake pedal be increased from .437 to .5 when doing these adjustable stems. This would be an increase in stiffness in the ratio of .0366 to .0625, or approx: 100%. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||