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).
Recommendation to modify bonnet strips to allow for adjustment of the shock absorbers on the axle control damper.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 12\1\ 01-page113 | |
| Date | 28th November 1928 | |
| 47420 47260 To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} We observe that on the SS.{S. Smith} as at present arranged the bonnet strips obscure one of the valve caps on the axle control damper. This means that a box spanner cannot be got on this item, and therefore that the adjustment of the shock absorbers for which we have been aggitating for so long, becomes very difficult. We recommend that the bonnet strips should be cut away at this point to allow a box spanner to be used on this valve cap. We do not see any difficulty in the procedure. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||