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).
Methods for improving the steering on a Phantom, chassis 128-PY, for customer Gustav Wyns.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\4\ Scan080 | |
| Date | 17th September 1934 | |
| x7430 To Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}17/KW.17.9.34. Chassis 128-PY. Gustav Wyns. Replying to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}1/R.3.9.34. We understand from Works records that this is not a Continental type of car, nor has it Hartfords fitted. The best methods we know of for improving the steering on a Phantom are :- (1) Increasing the front shock absorber load. (2) Fitting Continental type front springs, these of course have a higher rating than the standard. It is questionable whether on the bad Belgian Pave Mr. Wyns would like the stiffer type of front spring. If there is a Continental type of car available which he could try, this question could be settled. With regard to increasing the front shock absorber loads, we should either recommend Hartfords or Rolls-Royce controllable dampers. One other point that is worth mentioning is that there are undoubtedly differences between different Rolls-Royce steerings made to the same drawing. A good example of this was 20-G-IV and 21-G-IV, one was good and the other was a bad steering. Therefore if this customer's complaint is of sufficient importance it would be quite possible to select a particularly dead steering from the Test and try it on his car. Apart from these three points we know of no other way of satisfying the customer. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||