[s-cars] BRAKE pressure hose

[Tom Green]

I changed the subject line again since the brake hose is the issue here.
I hate to dissent publicly, Steve, but the "J" hose indeed does have a  
restrictor in the
flexible hose.  HOH machines the upper hard line connection and places  
it there during
repair since the replacement hose is slightly larger and will not keep  
it in place.

There have been a significant number of power steering hoses rebuilt  
at HOH that did
not perform well, causing pulsing in the rack that is felt in the  
wheel.  They have recognized
the problem but don't have a fix.  They do retain the restrictor in  
the repair.  That hose had
been selling for ~ $200, so it was not a good bet.  I think I would  
still opt for new at $270.

Tom

On Wednesday  May 12, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Steve Mills  
<s.b.mills at gmail.com> wrote:

> Spokane House of Hose has a good track record rebuilding either. The
> pump-to-rack hose has a restrictor- the pump-to-bomb (or "J" hose)  
> doesn't.
> The only thing critical with redoing the J hose is getting the  
> length as
> close as possible to stock- I had a local shop first rebuilt it too  
> short,
> and then too long. Those fine thread banjo bolts are hard enough to  
> start on
> a good day, but if you're fighting the hose too you're doomed.
>
> Steve
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net 
> >wrote:
>
>> Well, you may remember that one of them had to be replaced last  
>> Winter
>> after
>> the kid kept cranking the wheel around to lock all the time when he  
>> was
>> driving the S6 to school last year.  The rack started leaking at  
>> the same
>> time and was replaced in the Spring.  So yesterday heading home, the
>> moaning
>> starts and  I emptied my spare can of 11S liquid moola to make it  
>> home and
>> to the mechanic...and it was almost all gone by the time I got there.
>> Turns
>> out it's the other high $$$ high pressure hose.  This one doesn't  
>> seem to
>> show up on the genuineaudiparts.com blow up, strangely enough.   
>> According
>> to
>> the stealer, the p/n is 4A 061 2065.  When I do a p/n search under  
>> '95 S6,
>> it doesn't come up, but if I do it under the general Audi search, it
>> does...all $420 list/$345 discounted of it.  Tried the local  
>> hydraulic
>> places when the other one blew and no one would touch the Audi  
>> lines, I
>> think because of the restrictor in the line, and this one has one  
>> as well.
>> Anyone got a source close to Houston, or barring that, one that is
>> experienced in this anywhere that can save me a couple hundred bucks?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Steve