Resurrection_Joe
1 ton status
Can I assume hose are interchangeable from this ?
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Clear Up A Little Power Steering Line Confusion For Me
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Can I assume hose are interchangeable from this ?
ok, Then what year did they switch to the o-ring type hoses??? My 78 had old style hoses and my 84 had the o-rings?? neither with hydoboost.
Muddytazz
1 ton status
I believe they switched to the O-ring style in 81
Resurrection_Joe
1 ton status
Yeah thats the whole problem I've been having, 85 2wd box on a 78 4wd truck, lines are flared type, box uses o ring type
Honestly, and this may be ignorance talking, but I can;t see why they wouldnt work, the bolt in fine, and are not as some have told be metric unless 3/8ths NPT is metric
Honestly, and this may be ignorance talking, but I can;t see why they wouldnt work, the bolt in fine, and are not as some have told be metric unless 3/8ths NPT is metric
They don't work because the 0-ring style seats on a flat surface, and has a flat surface for the o-ring to seal with, and the older type use a flare fitting. There is no seat for the flare fitting on an o-ring box, and there is no flat seating surface in the flared boxes.
It's not like you are dealing with just 10PSI on those fittings.
It's not like you are dealing with just 10PSI on those fittings.
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I just replaced my steering box and it leaked at the fittings, just a little bit, barely noticeable. The box came with a bag of O-rings, so I pulled the fittings out and saw that one had a smashed up O-ring and the other had no O-ring at all. I put the new ones on and it fixed it up.
The weird thing is (a) why didn't it leak like crazy with no O-ring? and (b) why was it not leaking at all with the old box and no O-ring, or did the O-ring stick into the old box...
Oh well.
I just replaced my steering box and it leaked at the fittings, just a little bit, barely noticeable. The box came with a bag of O-rings, so I pulled the fittings out and saw that one had a smashed up O-ring and the other had no O-ring at all. I put the new ones on and it fixed it up.
The weird thing is (a) why didn't it leak like crazy with no O-ring? and (b) why was it not leaking at all with the old box and no O-ring, or did the O-ring stick into the old box...
Oh well.
Resurrection_Joe
1 ton status
You know, I'm just going to fire the damn thing up when I get the rear shaft back on, of it leaks, I'll try something else. If it works, hey, I have 60 bucks in my pocket still!
I still have no idea what autozone is thinking
AND I still want to know if I can use hydraulc hose
I can't see ANYTHING going wrong with hydraulic hose as if I seal the threads up well, theres no loose connection, it's just there
I still have no idea what autozone is thinking
AND I still want to know if I can use hydraulc hose
I can't see ANYTHING going wrong with hydraulic hose as if I seal the threads up well, theres no loose connection, it's just there
