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).
Permanent set and free length of cross steering tube springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5\3\ 03-page259 | |
| Date | 20th April 1927 | |
| X5425 Expl: Dept: Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. Angleterre. 20th. April 1927. Y5840 Mr. Hancock from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} CROSS STEERING TUBE SPRINGS. With reference to your note stating that you believe the cross steering tube springs have taken up the permanent set. The free length of these springs should be 1.450" and we should like to know whether they have decreased their free length appreciably. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||