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).
Failure of a cross steering lever during a bumping test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 80\1\ scan0140 | |
| Date | 16th July 1914 | |
| C O P Y. To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Copy to Na.{Mr Nadin} R6/P 16.7.14. COPY. CROSS STEERING LEVERS. With reference to the cross steering lever broken on the bumping test, this is a surprise, and we presume there are no levers like this on the road, because this is a modern piece, and every care should be taken that it is superior to the piece which it replaced. I cannot understand how we could have altered this without improving it. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Except that the dies were making the piece over size, but the first thing to do should have been to test if it was a superior piece before it was sent out upon the road. F.H.R. 104X | ||