Garage Gazette
VEHICLES => DAILY DRIVERS/GROCERY GETTERS => Topic started by: goodfellow on August 27, 2018, 06:59:40 PM
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.....and promptly lost my power steering. The trek was a lot of fun and we went through several muddy trails and creeks just having a good time. The truck was working well, but it did get a few dings and dents along the rocker line. No problem though -- it's a beater old truck with a home brew paint job, and I'm not worried about it.
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I started having PS problems toward the end of the run and I noticed increased noise. Long story short I got it home expecting to replace the PS pump, but after further inspection it turned out to be a corroded PS line.
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The PS lines are rubber sleeved at two points across the front cross member, and under those sleeves rust and corrosion eat away at the lines. This line has a pinhole leak.
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To make matter worse, while taking off the 10mm bracket bolt, my 10mm SK 1/4" drive socket bit the dust.
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The line was toast so I cut it with a body saw and split it to add a piece of high pressure hose. It's a Rube Goldberg fix, but you just can't get these lines anymore from a local supplier. They are very hard to come by and until a find a new set, the high pressure hose fix will have to do.
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I eliminated the rusted holding brackets and spliced in a piece of 5/16" hydraulic hose. It will do until I can track down a set of new lines for this old warhorse.
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I refilled and bled the system and it works pretty well. At least this way I can go back out on the trail over the coming holiday weekend.