[s-cars] Spokane HOH power steering hose woes

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

Mike whined:

<<<From: "Mike Claire" <mike.claire at gmail.com>
Subject: [s-cars] Spokane HOH power steering hose woes

Anybody besides me ever use House of Hose to rebuilt their power
steering
hose?  I'm talking about the one that runs from the hydraulic pump to
the
rack.  Not the J-hose.  I don't see anything in the archives about an
S4/S6
owner doing this yet.

I got mine back (looked great) and now it shudders real bad when I turn
the
wheel with the car stopped or moving slowly.  And it whines.  I talked
to
Jay about it and he said there was some kind of lining inside the
original
hose that was worn so he couldn't reuse it.  He didn't think it would
matter
at the time.  So upon hearing my story he send me a new swivel connector
with a restrictor to make it the same inside diameter as the original.
I
installed it - no joy.

So I'm asking - anybody ever have success with a HOH rebuilt PS hose?
Any
ideas?

Mike>>>




Mikey-

Yes, I SHoH'd both my rack and pump PS hoses this winter due to leaks,
not sound / feel.  Now I get same as you.  Hoped it'd bleed out by now
but no real change.  It's sort of intermittent, mostly to the lift, and
does sometimes produce a 'feel' spot in the rack (hard to describe
'graunch' feeling).  Fluid is topped up just over the high line due to
addition when it was bleeding.

SHoH was cheap (< ~ $150 for both, shipped), the results stopped the
leaking - and created a sound / slight feel.  Do I care?  Not
particularly, not worth the aggravation at this point.  

HTH you feel unalone 8-).

-Paul all my cars make all sortsa noises K.