[TR] Length of Stator Tube?

[John Herrera]

> Is it the stator tube or the nut & ferrule that keeps the control head from>
turning?> Any insight would be helpful, since I haven't been able to figure
out what is> wrong.> Ibsen> 1959 TR3A

Ibsen:

Just ran into this Sunday on a friend's TR3.

The nut and olive on the end of the steering unit keeps the stator tube from
turning (and the oil in the unit) and the keyway in the control unit tube goes
into a slot in the stator tube to keep the control unit from turning.

Make sure that the stator tube sticks out of the steering shaft at the top far
enough that the keyway in the control unit tube engages the slot in the stator
tube, otherwise the control unit will turn with the steering wheel.

The stator tube only has to stick out of the steering unit a little ways; just
enough fo the olive and nut to grab it.

John H.