[Healeys] Lower Stator Tube for Trafficator
Bob Haskell
rchaskell at earthlink.net
Mon Feb 13 09:46:09 MST 2023
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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