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).
Requesting an alteration to the brake pedal stop on chassis 6-B-IV to address pitting of floating cams.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0046 | |
| Date | 7th October 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X200a Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}16/KW.7.10.35. Chassis 6-B-IV. We wish to try an altered position of the brake pedal stop on chassis 6-B-IV in an attempt to overcome pitting of the floating cams in the off position of the brakes. The attached Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2180 shows the new stop we require. Will you please detail this and fit to the above chassis. The alterations consist merely of a bent plate, longer stud and 2-B-A bolt. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||