power steering hose question

[Peter Golledge]

Pressure is 1740-2000 psi on the C4 hydraulics... you don't say what year
you have and I don't have a Bentley for anything beyond a Type 44 & C4.

I would work on the assumption that hose clamps won't cut it.  A hose shop
_may_ be willing to redo the whole hose if you remove it (I know PITA big
time).  There are dampers built into the hose on the earlier audis, not sure
on the A4, if you skip these the steering will groan.  Many shops wont touch
stuff associated with cars due to liability concerns.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of thejimrose
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:23 AM
To: quattro list
Subject: power steering hose question

hey all - been a while since i had a question, but with 180k on it the
a4 has been throwing some curves lately. like the cracked k04, which
just got downgraded to a used k03.

current conundrum is regarding the high pressure PS hose that runs
from rack to pump. i just replaced it last year with a worldpac part
when i had the trans out to do the clutch and of course it's failing
[the swaged termination at the pump end is leaky]. i no longer have
access to a lift, and i REALLY don't want to pay someone to fix it
right. the Fing hose is about 300$ from audi [hence the worldpac
part..] plus god knows how much labor to get it out.

what i'm thinking for a repair is to cut the hose near the ps pump,
have the end repaired / reterminated by a hydraulic hose shop and then
splice it back together with some tubing and hose clamps? does anyone
know if the hose will allow this? i.e. is it reinforced / constructed
in such a way that it won't take kindly to cutting and splicing? also
will hose clamps hold the pressure? i have no idea what kinda of
pressure the ps fluid is under.

thx
jim
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