Steering groan update

[Peter Golledge]

JAYTRES at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions!  I did bleed the air out of the
> lines with the wheels off the ground. The groan still continues:>(
> 
> I didn't rebuild the hose myself, but had a hyd. hose repair/custom shop do
> the task. I wasn't aware that the hose from the pump to the rack had a
> dampner inside it. I know the hose from the bomb to the pump does, but that
> wasn't changed.
> 
> Does anybody know for certain, if the hose from the pump to the rack had a
> dampner inside it? (this is a 1990 200TQ model)

The hose from the pump to the rack does have a damper, it looks like
a 2" long "joint" in the hose.  I forgot to ask the Hose shop keep/reuse
this bit so the steering on my wife's 89 200Q groans.  I would get a
"used" hose from a wreck, cut out the damper and take your current
hose to the hose shop and have them insert it for you, bit more work
but mucho cheaper. 

Cheers
-- 
Peter Golledge

89 200TQ (Wagon + Sedan), 79 Porsche 930, 89 SAAB 900i