[Healeys] wheel

gradea1 at charter.net gradea1 at charter.net
Sun Jan 3 12:36:09 MST 2021 

A very critical point here is the proper placement of the short upper
stator tube into the lower, long tube. There is an indent (slot) in
the lower tube and the bumps on the upper stator must insert into that
indent. Carefully push the upper into the lower lining up these two
locations. If you previously loosened the olive, you must now rotate
the trafficator to be vertical at the lever, lock the olive and then
affix the two (early cars) or three (all later cars) grub screws to
have the unit work correctly as one.
If you force the upper stator into the lower stator you then distort
the tube and as you say get a "sloppy trafficator".

New Year greetings to all-Hank

	-----------------------------------------From: "Tom Mitchell" 
To: "Michael Oritt"
Cc: "Austin Healey"
Sent: Sunday January 3 2021 10:10:09AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] wheel

 One point (btw I agree with cutting and replacing the bullet ends is
easy and safer) is that if you try to force the connectors you stand
the risk of expanding the tube. I didn't this by attaching a wire and
pulling the wires through. I didn't notice the damage until later. The
results is a sloppy trafficator. Course another set of eyes and hands
don't hurt

 Tom 
Dr. Tom Mitchell   
 On Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 12:37 PM Michael Oritt  wrote:
    "Possibly the hardest part (Plan A) is feeding the harness wires
back through the lower portion of the stator tube to replace the
wheel/hub."
  ----------------------------------------------------------  I was
prepared for a real struggle and since I did not like the condition of
the electrical connectors I decided to cut them off and use new ones
once I pulled the wires down through the stator tube.  This made
everything easy and to anyone who has difficulty in pulling the wires
with connectors in place please consider cutting them off and renewing
them as I did.  
  Best--Michael Oritt  

 On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 12:10 AM Bruce Steele  wrote:

	If you do pull the harness out of the stator, I use a rubber stopper
to plug the orifice in the box to keep the lube in the box. When I’m
ready to run the harness back down the stator, I run a fish tape up
from the box, tie on the leads, appropriately staggered to allow for
clearance through the stator, and pull them through. It’s messy.
Unless you REALLY need to remove the wheel, just work around it.  

	Bruce Steele 

	Brea, CA 

	1960 BN7  

	FROM: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] ON BEHALF OF
Richard Kahn
SENT: Saturday, January 02, 2021 6:31 PM
TO: Bob Spidell ; healeys at autox.team.net
SUBJECT: Re: [Healeys] wheel   

	Attach a string or wire to the wires you pull through the stator
tube. You can stagger the wires to aid in sliding them back through.
If possible, you may be able to just pull the wheel to the side,
leaving it connected after you get the trafficator off.   

	I would not mess with the steering box if you don't have to. I have
just "unwired" the trafficator and pull the wheel off. Just be sure
you note which wire connects where they came from. I've done this a
few times.    

	Rich   
-------------------------

	FROM: Healeys  on behalf of Bob Spidell 
SENT: Saturday, January 2, 2021 5:27 PM
TO: healeys at autox.team.net 
SUBJECT: Re: [Healeys] wheel  

	The wheel is a piece of cake (single large snap ring). The
trafficator, which has to be removed first, is a real PITA. The usual
'technique' is to disconnect the trafficator harness at the front of
the car,and pull the movable part out. But, it's possible, if you have
enough slack in the harness, to pull the top part of the stator tube
out and disconnect the wiring at the hub (take lots of photos). All
things considered, I think Plan A is the least hassle; drain the
steering box first (you'll lose most of the fluid anyway when you
loosen the olive). Plan B involves messing with a lot of small,
non-standard screws, which have a tendency to evaporate.

 Possibly the hardest part (Plan A) is feeding the harness wires back
through the lower portion of the stator tube to replace the wheel/hub.

 Bob  

	On 1/2/2021 2:55 PM, Mike Sinclair wrote:   

	How much trouble is it to remove the steering wheel on a BJ8? And how
much trouble to put it back? I just want it out of the way
temporarily.  

	Mike 

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