[V8] Power Steering Fluid - The all purpose driveway cleaner

[Kneale Brownson]

I got that bolt loose on my 200q20v by using a set of extensions on a
socket and inserting the assembly through the passenger side wheelwell.  I
could look through the steering arm opening and spot the bolt head, but I
had a helper guide it onto the bolt.

Replacement is easy with the "dental floss" trick someone posted a year or
two ago.  They wound a string aroung the bolt so that once they had the
bolt in place with just a bit of finger pressure, they could pull the
string and that caused the bolt to turn into its threads.  Do the final
tightening with the passenger wheelwell trick.

At 06:27 PM 3/4/2004 -0800, Jeremy Ward wrote:
>(With a booming voice like Ed McMann)  You are CORRECT, sir.
>
>So I have been trying to remove the banjo bolt for the last 2 hrs...
>
>(OK, those of you that have done this before, stop laughing please)
>
>I can't get that sonofaB off of there!  The only thing I have done
>successfully is to tear the 'ears' off the bolt.  What's the trick?
>
>To give myself maximum room to work, I have removed the coil,
>accelerator cable, air duct, and the distributor (plus rotor).  Still
>can't get enough bite/torque on that rear banjo bolt.  Ratchet doesn't
>fit down there, so I have been using a crescent wrench.  At one point I
>had myself convinced that it was a left-hand thread...  :-)
>
>Once it's out, I will have it rebuilt...  It's the getting it out that's
>the trick part.
>
>Any advice?  Please?  Before I start throwing things... :-)
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>- Jeremy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kneale Brownson [mailto:knotnook at traverse.com] 
>Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 4:50 PM
>To: Jeremy Ward; v8 at audifans.com
>Subject: RE: [V8] Power Steering Fluid - The all purpose driveway
>cleaner
>
>Your hose clamp won't do much good on that one.  It's the high pressure
>hose from the pump to the rack.