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

[David Head]

I use an 'S' wrench. Go 'up' to loosen. Otherwise you need a socket and 
a whole buncha extensions!

Shawn Head wrote:

>Whatever you do, don't put too much torque on it...i found that out the
>hard way...right keith?
>
>Shawn Head
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: v8-bounces+s4qtro=bellsouth.net at audifans.com
>[mailto:v8-bounces+s4qtro=bellsouth.net at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
>Jeremy Ward
>Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:28 PM
>To: Kneale Brownson; v8 at audifans.com
>Subject: RE: [V8] Power Steering Fluid - The all purpose driveway
>cleaner
>
>(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.
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