Bob,
I've made a few, cutting the slot with a slotting saw and then dressing
the end of the slot with an end mill to get the radius.
Cheers,
Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar
On 9/6/20 5:32 PM, Bob Spidell via Healeys wrote:
> (Somewhat) on-topic: With the adjustable steering wheels, the (long)
> stator tube is often cracked at the corner of the slot; has anyone
> tried radiusing the slot corners to help prevent this? This is one of
> the things that cause the trafficator to sometimes rotate with the
> wheel (the other being no gap between the wheel hub and the
> trafficator hub).
>
> Bob
>
> On 9/6/2020 2:09 PM, Bob Haskell wrote:
>> Michael,
>>
>> With regards to the three screws holding the control head to the
>> short stator tube, there should be more thread engagement. There are
>> three alignment pins on the backside of the control head that fit
>> into small holes on the short stator tube. The copper ground ring
>> has to fit around them too.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bob Haskell
>> Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar
>>
>> On 9/6/20 3:35 PM, Michael Oritt via Healeys wrote:
>>>
>>> Â Â Â I sent my trafficator/horn assembly off to Curt Arndt for
>>> Â Â Â refurbishing and got it back in great condition. However I am
>>> Â Â Â having difficulty in reinstalling it:
>>>
>>> Â Â Â 1. I have fed the wires down the stator tube and am ready to
>>> Â Â Â attach the trafficator assembly which is done via three #4BA flat
>>> Â Â Â head machine screws that go through the countersunk holes in the
>>> Â Â Â stator tube end plate and pick up the thin copper or brass piece
>>> Â Â Â which resembles a spring washer. Because of the piece's thinness
>>> Â Â Â there is really only one thread of engagement and whenever I
>>> Â Â Â attempt to push the head/tube home into its final position I
>>> Â Â Â invariably dislodge one of the screws from the head. Am I doing
>>> Â Â Â something wrong here or am I simply being ham-handed?
>>>
>>> Â Â Â 2. Is there a trick to getting the olive over the end of the
>>> Â Â Â stator tube as I cannot get it started and before I start exerting
>>> Â Â Â force I thought I would enquire whether it needs to be heated,
>>> Â Â Â etc. Getting the old one off was not easy and i would up having to
>>> Â Â Â cut it with a dremel tool. It is possible that I have slightly
>>> Â Â Â buggered the end of the stator tube and wonder if perhaps I need
>>> Â Â Â to dress the end, chamfering it a bit?
>>>
>>> Â Â Â Any help will be appreciated--weather is beginning to cool off and
>>> Â Â Â I would like to get the car back on the road.
>>>
>>>
>>> Â Â Â Best--Michael Oritt, 100 Le Mans
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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