George and Ken,
You sure had a good go-around about control heads. It's been great for me,
since I'm the guy looking for the info. I printed it all out, and next
Spring, long after you've forgotten about it, I'll be happily using the
info to fix my Triumph. Thanks!
Sumner Weisman
62 TR3B
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 06:02:44 EST
From: KTRIUMPH@aol.com
Subject: Re: Directional signals
In a message dated 12/2/98 9:06:14 PM EST, gprtech@frontiernet.net writes:
<< Why on earth would you want to remove the stator tube? It's separate
from the control head. If you loosen the 3 grub screws, the control head
will pull out from the steering wheel and stator tube.
You can pull it far enough out to do work on it without pulling the wire
ends all the way into the stator tube. You may find that the parts
within are worn, in which case you either will have to make parts, or
order a new control head.
>>
True. But it depends on how easy it is to pull the wires thru the tube, not
to
mention getting them back. Also, the cockpit is probably not the best place
to
do "watch repair".
Ken Nuelle
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Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 06:57:35 -0800
From: George Richardson <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
Subject: Re: Directional signals
There's no "watch repair" in the control head, believe me. It's kind of
an odd setup, but not small or hard to work with. I've repaired several
that I had here before sending them to people who needed them.
If you pull the stator tube, you are then going to need to thread the
ends of the wires back through the steering column, which will be more
difficult than just pulling them back in a couple of feet.
By the way, I've remove the control head and wires and reinstalled it,
removed the stator tube and reinstalled it, and just pulled the control
head out a bit while leaving the wires in place and repaired it.
In order of difficulty: Removing the stator tube and replacing it
Removing control head and wires and replacing
it
Pulling control head out some and working on it
You can also pul the control head out a bit and disconnect the wires
from it, so that you can work on it somewhere else. I haven't done that.
KTRIUMPH@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 12/2/98 9:06:14 PM EST, gprtech@frontiernet.net
writes:
>
> << Why on earth would you want to remove the stator tube? It's separate
> from the control head. If you loosen the 3 grub screws, the control head
> will pull out from the steering wheel and stator tube.
>
> You can pull it far enough out to do work on it without pulling the wire
> ends all the way into the stator tube. You may find that the parts
> within are worn, in which case you either will have to make parts, or
> order a new control head.
> >>
> True. But it depends on how easy it is to pull the wires thru the tube,
not to
> mention getting them back. Also, the cockpit is probably not the best
place to
> do "watch repair".
>
> Ken Nuelle
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George Richardson
The Wyvern - '57 TR3, TS15559L - Now on the road!
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