High pressure hose R&R tips?

[Iain Mannix]

Hi all - after ~8 years of Audi ownership, I finally have a leaky
power steering hose.  (never had a rack go, oddly enough).  Car
is an 86 5kcsq.

I replaced the pump to bomb hose last weekend.  That was easy.

The pump to rack hose has a BIG leak in it(I misdiagnosed, the
fluid was leaking out of the p-t-r hose, then dripping out
the rubber cover onto the metal junction of the p-t-b hose).  I
had a p-t-b hose on hand, so no big deal.

Anyway - the p-t-r hose *looks* easy enough, but I wonder about
two things:

1. Getting a wrench on the rack fitting.  Probably a non issue.

2. Getting the banjo bolt restarted on the rack.  That looks like
it might be an issue.

Current plan is to remove the old hose, then attach the new hose
at the rack before attaching it at the pump - I know everything has
to be lined up just right for the banjo to start threading.

Is it easier if I take the reservoir-rack hose off, get it out
of the way?  I don't have a replacement(duh), so I'm leery of
breaking the seal.

Is this a "looks simple but is not" type 5k job, or is it really
as straightforward as it looks?


Thanks!



Iain(I'm sure the rack is going to get jealous and start
barfing Pentosin next week....)