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).
Bentley steering wheel vibration and a request to construct a new arrangement for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\5\ scan0182 | |
| Date | 4th October 1935 | |
| ✓ 250 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}1/MJ.4.10.35. BENTLEY STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION. We have found on the vibrating machine at Shardlow that the sideways vibration of the steering wheel is greater than that of the dash and of the body in line with the wheel. We therefore wish to try the arrangement shewn on the attached Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2175 in an attempt to reduce the wheel movement to the same amount as that of the body. Will you please detail the scheme and construct one set of parts. In addition to the modifications shewn on the print, the lower connection between the steering column and the dash, which is now made with rubber, should be made solid. We shall probably require this arrangement to be fitted to the old E.B.1V chassis which we are using for these tests. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J. Hardy. Attached: Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2175. | ||