[TR] 58 TR3a steering removal

Sun Dec 14 05:45:14 MST 2025

<< Having trouble with some of the captive nuts spinning; i.e. the captive nuts are no longer “captive.”  Any advice there?  >>
I had the same issue when I did my car.  The "cage" is a piece of sheet metal with four sides folded down to hold the nut.  Two are spot welded to the car body, the other two are free floating.  These two are closer to the nut but will flare out allowing the nut to turn.  I had success using a pair of Vicegrip(R) pliers clamping down on the two free sides of the cage and capturing the nut in that way.  
Be sure to soak them with penetrating oil as the real culprit is rust.
BTW, the body shop replaced quite a few of those during my restoration.  I reassembled with anti seize so the next guy will not have that problem.
Dave 

    On Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 01:49:09 AM CST, dave northrup <dave at ranteer.com> wrote:   

Its actually pretty easy if you don’t make one mistake – the little compression fitting on the end of the stator tube will stop you from pulling it up and out if you don’t remove it!!!  we pushed the tube back out, saw the fitting, removed it, and out came the stator tube

The body is now off the frame and we are moving towards paint prep on both.

Having trouble with some of the captive nuts spinning; i.e. the captive nuts are no longer “captive.”  Any advice there?

From: dave northrup
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 4:14 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: 58 TR3a steering removal

I need to remove the stator tube, steering wheel, and worm gear on a 58 TR3a

Are there instructions anywhere? 
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