Factory Power steering help

[lethal289]

So i have those really nice ($$$$) march pulleys and brackets on the front of my engine. I never liked the way they mounted the Power steering pump. Their setup pulls the pump in towards the motor. This puts the pressure line and the quick bend for the flare nut that mounts it to the pump right up against the manifold. There was like an eighth of an inch gap. Well after my longest drive to date, I came home parked in the driveway when i noticed smoke. Yep, the line got hot enough to melt part of the rubber and type f fluid got everywhere.

Anybody know if there is a way to trim the stud that comes off the back of the pump, or a flare 90 that would fit it? I need to find an alternative or quit using power steering.

Any suggestions?

 

[jims6t6]

Try a hydraulic hose house. if they don't have one in stock they may be able to fab on up.

 

[Jonk67]

I believe most NAPA stores also fab hyd. hoses. I wanted to reroute mine to under the engine like the big blocks so I used my tubing bender and some slow bending until I got it pointed where I wanted. The hose was 4 yrs. old already so I wasn't too worried about ruining it and a new one was ~$20. I'll probably use this one until I have time to get a custom one bent after I get headers to fit. The low pressure return line is just tucked up because I was bending the other end of it also. Ignore the dust, I do a lot of work in my garage...

You could also loosen the nut and swivel it to point under the PS pump towards the fender side, I didn't have to worry about clearance with the stock manifolds and wanted it more tucked for now.

Jon

 

[David67]

Find a local place like this http://mrhose.com/ and have them make you one. That's what I did on my brothers car. The hoses have adjustable ends and they make them while you wait.