[Healeys] Lower Stator Tube for Trafficator

[Hank Leach]

Good explanation Bob. If the stator is damaged AH Spares has
replacements. After checking the position of the long stator groove
and tightening the Olive nut, the other item to secure are the grub
screws in the steering hub. Make sure they are in good condition and
not stripped or too short to steady the trafficator disc.
Ah!...threading the harness...a patience test. I have found the best
way to fish it is with fish line and one inner metal sleeve (remove
outer rubber) from a Lucas inline connector.Tighty tape and line up
all of the bullets, single file, with the metal sleeve connected to
the longest wire of the harness. Two people work best-wife at drivers
seat to thread the harness (speak softly) and you at the bottom end to
s-l-o-w-l-y pull the harness thru by the fishing line. When the clip
shows carefully wiggle it out of the end of the stator, then pull the
other wires slowly thru and unwrap. Thank the wife and you're ready to
hook up the trafficator harness to the body harness. Keep the
threading line and connector in a drawer for the next time the
trafficator screws up. Hank, healeyhelper.com

	-----------------------------------------From: "Bob Spidell" 
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Cc: 
Sent: Sunday February 12 2023 6:38:38PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Lower Stator Tube for Trafficator

 You have to pull the trafficator wiring harness up through the stator
 regardless to get the trafficator out and the wheel off. Once you've
 done that, I can't think of an easy way to grab the stator, so you're
 better off just pulling the stator out at the box (i.e. 'by the
book').

 Two things cause the trafficator to rotate with the wheel: the stator
 isn't secured by the olive and nut at the box end, or one or both of
the
 sections--long lower and short upper--are damaged somehow. They
aren't
 technically connected, the short upper part slides inside the lower
and
 has a dimple that fits in a slot in the lower. The slot is cut square
 and it often cracks at the end (it should be radiused IMO).

 When you get everything back together, presumably with a new stator,
 make sure there's a small gap--20 thou or so--between the trafficator
 and the hub so the hub doesn't drag the trafficator when you turn.
Check
 first to see that it's not just a loose olive and nut; if so, it will
 likely leak quite a bit, but it's an easy fix.

 Bob

 On 2/12/2023 2:49 PM, Harold Manifold wrote:
 > Hello,
 >
 > I have started to road test my car and discovered the trafficator
 > rotates with the steering wheel. The car has adjustable steering
and
 > further investigation strongly indicates the upper and lower stator
 > tubes are not connecting inside the steering column.
 >
 > Question - Can the lower stator tube be removed through the
steering
 > wheel end of the steering column?
 >
 > Any tips and suggestions on how to do this job are appreciated.
 >
 > Thanks.. Harold
 >

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