Help me I'm stupid and my stainless line ate my power steering pump
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Help me I'm stupid and my stainless line ate my power steering pump
Yah, the title says it all. I'm a sloppy shitty installer and apparently my braided stainless water line sawed through the little metal pipe the comes out of the power steering pump and goes to the reservoir. The hole is about as wide as a BB pellet. The tube is part of the pump so it looks like I cant just replace the tube.
Is there any type of tape I can use to fix my poor pump? Should I take off the pump (not sure how to do that even) and jbweld the hole? Arrgh me dum
Is there any type of tape I can use to fix my poor pump? Should I take off the pump (not sure how to do that even) and jbweld the hole? Arrgh me dum
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I actually like some things about the steering more this way-- I can feel the car better, there's no wheelwibblewobble when the car tramlines or hits little bumps as i go around turns etc. But it makes drifting difficult and every time I drive my car I have to make a U-turn out of my garage which sucks at 5mph So the vote is for JBweld? I'll take a pic
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I actually like some things about the steering more this way-- I can feel the car better, there's no wheelwibblewobble when the car tramlines or hits little bumps as i go around turns etc. But it makes drifting difficult and every time I drive my car I have to make a U-turn out of my garage which sucks at 5mph So the vote is for JBweld? I'll take a pic
So, why not just depower? You already like the feeling, and it'll feel even better once the other stuff's out.
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If the 5mph u turn sucks, just think of it as a chance to build some muscle. Seriously though, even a dead stop turn on the stickiest of surfaces is barely any work at all. P/S is equal in feel to lacing your shoes wearing oven mits.
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Listen to all the above.
Put heater hose over the SS line anywhere it gets near anything. This means downpipes and brake lines (oil feed line) PS lines (oil drain line).
Dump the power steering, you will NEVER look back. Parallel parking is the only thing that sucks, but not that bad. Feel is great at speed, perfect on the highway, and much more feedback at lower speeds. Controlling oversteer (or buttsexing) isn't a problem either.
Put heater hose over the SS line anywhere it gets near anything. This means downpipes and brake lines (oil feed line) PS lines (oil drain line).
Dump the power steering, you will NEVER look back. Parallel parking is the only thing that sucks, but not that bad. Feel is great at speed, perfect on the highway, and much more feedback at lower speeds. Controlling oversteer (or buttsexing) isn't a problem either.
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If you do not know, just get a piece of hose that has about the same i.d. as the o.d of the line. Cut to length plus a little extra, split it along its length, put it around the line, zip tie it in place. Viola.
If it is a high-side line, I would replace it. If it is a low-side line you can probably patch it with some JB weld, though I would keep a close eye on it. That or just get rid of the PS.