[Healeys] Lower Stator Tube for Trafficator

[Harold Manifold]

Thanks for all the replies and the information. I can confirm the olive is
tight and the lower doesn't rotate but the trafficator can rotate freely
with no resistance. It looks like the problem is inside the
steering column. I will remove the trafficator and lower stator tube and
report back.

Do I need to be prepared for the steering box fluid to leak out when the
lower stator is removed?

Harold

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 3:20 AM Bob Haskell <rchaskell at earthlink.net> wrote:

> The short stator tube, connected to the control head, has three dimples
> that ride in a slot in the long stator tube.  The short stator tube fits
> over the long stator tube.  Looks to me that the slot was cut with a
> slitting saw leaving a knife edge corners where the cracks originate.
> I've made some long stator tubes, using an end mill to put a round end
> to the slot as Bob suggests.
>
> Hank, the fishing line that you use - line used to catch fish or to fish
> wires through walls (fish tape)?  If the former, how do you get the line
> feed through the tube?  I would tie it to the harness and pull it
> through when you remove the harness.  Or using some bailing wire to feed
> it through.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob Haskell
> Austin-Healey 3000 roadster registrar
>
> On 2/12/23 20:39, Bob Spidell wrote:
> > 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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