Ouch!!!

[87soup]

I wake up to take the soup to work and i see a huge puddle under its passenger side of the engine bay... WTF? It turned out to be the power steering fluid, my line from the cooler to the gear is leaking on both sides of the rubber hose, not the metal line... So i go to Autozone to replace the hose, they wanted 75 bucks for the line... Screw that, so im going to replace it with a generic hose but i cant get the old one off... I just need to get the rubber peice off and replace it but there are crimped ends and i dont know what to do:icon_frow ...

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

 

[92turbo4life]

go the 75 doller way. i always seem to learn the hard way when i go cheap.. lol

 

[born2drv]

ya man pony up the $75 and consider yourself lucky its not a $1000 problem.

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

Werd

 

[BorHor]

ya go the $75 way. I'm glad i did. Toyota wanted $200 for it I think.

 

[Jeff Lange]

87soup and BorHor, could you guys please shorten your sigs a bit, try to keep them to a max of 225 pixels high if you can. Thanks.

(As for the hose, I say go with the one made to fit, it'll be easier and worth it IMO).

 

[87soup]

Yah i will have to suck it up i suppose:nono: ! Does any one know how to take the whole line off? (with the metal ends)

 

[BorHor]

There are 2 bolts holding it in. It is not to hard to change out.

Oh and Jeff is my sig better or should I go even smaller?

 

[Jeff Lange]

Nah that's good. Thanks.

 

[thedave925]

First, make sure you have all day!!!
When I replaced my ps pressure and return lines, i had the front of the supe on stands, and undid the two bolts securing the rack itself in place. I pulled the rack about an inch and a quarter from the subframe for space to work the lines out. You empty the ps system with the rubber hose on the driver side going into the rack, no need to unbolt the banjo bolt yet. When thats empty, go ahead and unbolt the banjo bolt on the rack, and then the one on the pump itself. It takes some fishing twisting and cursing, but you want to pull the pressure line down, rack side first. Then do the return in the same manner. Go ahead and pull the reservior for simplicity, you may want to replace that thick line too. Now with NEW lines, you replace the return line first in reverse fashion of disassembly, then the pressure line. Don't fasten the rack side of the pressure line until you get the rack fastened back onto the subframe. With the Supe still on jackstands, fill up the reservior with ps fluid. I purchased the half gallon sized (you'll need this much to burp it) prestone ps fluid WITHOUT 'stop leak'. Its harder to burp the system of air as per the TSRM with 'stop leak' additive. Good luck!
-Dave

Edit: tips:
With Toyota parts you get the copper shims that go with the banjo bolts, the shims are connected
so they stay in place for you, where as the autoparts generic copper shims are not joined, so you
should get some thread sealant to make the CLEAN surfaces of the banjo bolt somewhat sticky to
aid in reassembly

That thick hose on the bottom of the ps fluid reservior is rather stiff. To help reassembly along,
lightly coat the inside of the hose with grease, it will save you a dozen expletives!

Break the grip of the banjo bolt threads on the rack before you loosen the rack.

Before you loosen the rack, put blocks under the wheels and drop the Supe to typical ride height
(with the jackstands too of course) so that the rack doesn't drop lower when unbolted

Thats all of my gripes and solutions i can remember...