[s-cars] Spokane HOH power steering hose woes

[Mike Claire]

Jay at HOH just called - by the way they are SUPER to work with - Jay is
refunding my money.  They just can't make the PS hose work.  I'd have no
reservation about going to them for a J hose though.

I called Chris at Force 5 and he has a used PS hose - $75.  I took it.




Mike

On 5/23/06, pkrasusky at ups.com <pkrasusky at ups.com> wrote:
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> Mike whined:
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> <<<From: "Mike Claire" <mike.claire at gmail.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Spokane HOH power steering hose woes
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> So I'm asking - anybody ever have success with a HOH rebuilt PS hose?  Any
> ideas?
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> Mike>>>
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> Mikey-
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> 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.
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> 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.
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