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).
Instructions to the Repair Department about steering wobbles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\4\ Scan071 | |
| Date | 20th September 1913 | |
| R.R. 235a (150 m) (XX. 279. 21.8.13) E.P. 4814. COPY. RI/P20.9.13. To J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} X457 Re. steering wobbles. With reference to Repair Dept., I think it would be wise if we at once issued instructions to Repair Dept. concerning steering wobbles, as follows :- All cars entering the Repair Shop to have the front pivots examined to see whether they lean excessively backwards at the top end. The amount we consider excessive would be anything exceeding one in a hundred, that is 1/3 to 8". The object of this examination and correction is to avoid what we have termed steering wobbles at slow speed, which may be set up by an out of balance wheel or tyre, or a tyre out of truth, or a particular speed, or by passing over a rough road at one particular speed. R.{Sir Henry Royce} [Handwritten] Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Issue to Repairs at. Derby. London. Paris Canada (Mr J Royce). Vienna Bombay. Of 22/9/13. | ||