[Healeys] Lower Stator Tube for Trafficator

[Bob Haskell]

fluid to leak out - yes.

Bob Haskell
Austin-Healey 3000 roadster registrar

On 2/13/23 11:40, Harold Manifold wrote:
> 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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