<html><body>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.<div><br></div><div>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<br><br><div class="reply-new-signature"></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net><br>To: healeys@autox.team.net<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Sunday February 12 2023 6:38:38PM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Lower Stator Tube for Trafficator<br><br>
You have to pull the trafficator wiring harness up through the
stator<br>
regardless to get the trafficator out and the wheel off. Once
you've<br>
done that, I can't think of an easy way to grab the stator, so
you're<br>
better off just pulling the stator out at the box (i.e. 'by the
book').<br><br>
Two things cause the trafficator to rotate with the wheel: the
stator<br>
isn't secured by the olive and nut at the box end, or one or both
of the<br>
sections--long lower and short upper--are damaged somehow. They
aren't<br>
technically connected, the short upper part slides inside the lower
and<br>
has a dimple that fits in a slot in the lower. The slot is cut
square<br>
and it often cracks at the end (it should be radiused IMO).<br><br>
When you get everything back together, presumably with a new
stator,<br>
make sure there's a small gap--20 thou or so--between the
trafficator<br>
and the hub so the hub doesn't drag the trafficator when you turn.
Check<br>
first to see that it's not just a loose olive and nut; if so, it
will<br>
likely leak quite a bit, but it's an easy fix.<br><br>
Bob<br><br>
On 2/12/2023 2:49 PM, Harold Manifold wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I have started to road test my car and discovered the
trafficator<br>
> rotates with the steering wheel. The car has
adjustable steering and<br>
> further investigation strongly indicates the upper and lower
stator<br>
> tubes are not connecting inside the steering column.<br>
><br>
> Question - Can the lower stator tube be removed through the
steering<br>
> wheel end of the steering column?<br>
><br>
> Any tips and suggestions on how to do this job are
appreciated.<br>
><br>
> Thanks... Harold<br>
><br><br>
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