Steering gear box o-ring vs. flare

[Mastiff]

Is there an easy way to tell what kind of fitting I need for my gear side pressure hose? My truck originally was o-ring, but the gear box has been replaced. I pulled the hose and found no o-ring. It may have dissolve or something, and now I'm not certain.

 

[Bent77]

Is there an easy way to tell what kind of fitting I need for my gear side pressure hose? My truck originally was o-ring, but the gear box has been replaced. I pulled the hose and found no o-ring. It may have dissolve or something, and now I'm not certain.

Is the end on the hose flared?

 

[Mastiff]

Is the end on the hose flared?

No, but it was weirdly hard to remove, like it had been squeezed into a seal anyway. And no o-ring seemed to be there. I'm pretty sure it's o-ring ring, but not certain.

Do the o ring ones have an inverted cone type thing in there, or only flares?

 

[Bent77]

This is the flared box

 

[Mastiff]

This is the flared box View attachment 223565 View attachment 223564

Thanks. Mine is o-ring then.

 

[Bent77]

Cool. For what it's worth, those hoses aren't terribly expensive.

 

[sweetk30]

45* flare seat will have a cone down in the ports and most I have seen are brass looking .

o-ring seat will be flat inside and a few machined steps for the o-ring and nut to seat/bottom out on .

 

[Mastiff]

Seems to be leak free with an o-ring fitting, as expected. Funny thing is that when I was leaning in there, I spotted the old o-ring on the bottom part of the crossmember. Must have flown over there when I pulled out the old fitting. Mystery solved.