power steering sprung a leak!

[chefabg123321]

72 Mustang Q code.......maneuvered into a tight parking spot that took some "steering wheel" effort. dumped a good 2 to 4 ounces of fluid during the manuevering....and a very large puff of smoke as it burned of the exhaust.

I suspect a blown line? was wondering how hard this would be to fix myself? dont have the inclination to major automotive repair. Thanks, Adam

 

[mpbsr]

72 Mustang Q code.......maneuvered into a tight parking spot that took some "steering wheel" effort. dumped a good 2 to 4 ounces of fluid during the manuevering....and a very large puff of smoke as it burned of the exhaust.

I suspect a blown line? was wondering how hard this would be to fix myself? dont have the inclination to major automotive repair. Thanks, Adam

Not that I'm an expert, but the high pressure line is tough to get to and harder to locate.

But someone here is in the process of bending a new line.

 

[Bill73Ragtop]

A reasonably priced intermediate repair would be to take the line to a local hydraulic line repair outfit. Most likely they will fabricate (on-the-spot) a new line with the correctly sized threaded fittings that can be used until you decide to replace with factory appearance (reproduction) line. These outfits replace farm equipment, snow plow (at least up in the northern cities), and other hydraulic lines on a daily basis.

 

[Don C]

It's not a real difficult job, it's a little tight getting to the fittings on the steering gear, though. A set crowfoot flare-nut tools and an extension or two will help:

http://www.harborfreight.com/7-piece-sae-crowfoot-flarenut-wrench-set-93137.html

Be careful when removing the hose fitting from the short piece of curved hard line that comes out of the back of the power steering pump, if you twist it you'll have a very difficult time finding a replacement, they aren't available new.

Use flare-nut wrenches on all fittings to keep from rounding off the heads.

http://www.harborfreight.com/5-pc-sae-double-end-flare-nut-wrench-set-68865.html