TR2/3/3A TR3 - Stator Tube Rotation

[Ken_McGuire]

Hello all! I bought a new control hub for my steering wheel and got everything installed - my horns now work for the first time. Gonna feel much better sitting behind an SUV at a stoplight now.

Question - I still need to loosen the nut and olive at the steering box to rotate the stator tube to set the angle of the control hub correctly. How much oil should I expect to leak out of the steering box (looks pretty small), and then how the heck do you refill it? Doesn't look easy to get to.

For those who have done it, does it turn easily? Should I expect difficulty when I get everything loose?

Thanks!

 

[Geo Hahn]

If you merely loosen the nut you may not lose much. There is a fill plug on the box (hard to get at with the LH horn in place) but there is also a fill tube on the steering column -- a black plastic plug easily accessed and prized off.

If you are using some very thick stuff you may find it helpful to wiggle the steering wheel a bit to help the lube work in -- I use really thick stuff so I usually raise the front a tad so the wheels are off the ground and the steering can be worked side to side.

As I recall the stator tube turns easily -- in fact you may find it want to shift a bit as you tighten the nut so you may have to position the head to allow for this bit of movement as you tighten so you end up in the right spot. It's been a lot of years (last century) since I did this but that's what I remember about it.

 

[Ken_McGuire]

Many thanks! I'll go easy on the nut and have my daughter hold the hub in place while I re-tighten. I'll go look for that fill spot on the column. Haven't seen that yet. I did think of removing the left horn to refill. Hope that won't be the case.

 

[TR3driver]

Here's a closeup of the fill plug.

 

[Ken_McGuire]

Thanks for the help again. Just loosened the nut a tiny bit, and the tube rotated easily. My daughter held the hub in place while I retightened. Took about 2 minutes. Very simple - and now the back of the steering wheel looks about 50 years old compared to that shiny, new hub!