cjragonese

As this can only happen to me. Someone I hired cut my high pressure power steering line. There is a 3-4 inch gap between the lines. Can I put a "splice" in between the gap with a coupling??? If so where would I find something that would hiold the pressure of the power steering line? Does anyone know what the pressure in that line is?

As my luck has it, the part or hose isnt sold. I need to find a used one. I have tried looking at corvette salvage sites and only find the low pressure nreturn line.

Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this??

2000 C5

lionelhutz

You sure you can't buy it? I replaced mine less than a year ago. The C5 pressure hose tends to leak right through the rubber. I had 2 hoses and they both leaked that way.

http://store.gmpartshouse.com/parts/...RESSURE%20HOSE

You'd have to find a hydraulic shop willing to cut open the crimped ends to remove the old hose and then use new outer sleeves and crimp in a new hose. I wouldn't bother paying to patch the old hose because it'd be money wasted trying to patch together the crappy stock hose.

lucky131969

Someone you "hired".....or someone you "fired" ?

....splicing is not a good idea. It's at least 150 psi.

Exactly which line do you need?

cjragonese

the high pressure line. i think there are only two lines one is the return. The dealer told me I had to buy the entire rack to get the pressure hose??

cjragonese

Also the line is metal tubing. No hose. Its the line that carrys the fluid into the rack

lucky131969

So the line on the rack itself was cut? That runs about it's length? Can you take a pic?

lionelhutz

Got a picture? The high and low pressure lines both have rubber for part of the run.

Sounds like maybe you are meaning one of the lines on the rack. If so, try using brake line parts.

FYI, hoses are typically considered to be rubber or some other flexible material.

cjragonese

yes ill take a picture i dont know how to upload the photo??

cjragonese

OK. I took a photo, and created an album. You can see the photo I took in my profile. I have only 1 album with one photo in it

lucky131969

I helped someone find one last year......from GMPartshouse.com

P/N - 26056780

cjragonese

Thank you you wouldnt have a schematic for this system would you?

Zeus-of-Boost

I bought a high pressure hose from the dealership the other day. only cost maybe 20$.

TB04TJ

From the photo, it looks like one of the rack 'hard lines' was cut. I recently had both lines replaced when Turn One Steering rebuilt my rack. I believe they told me they are no longer mfg and they have them made at a local place. You might give them a call to see if they will sell you one.

chevylad

Rock Auto: http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php

They have both send and return lines.

lionelhutz

http://parts.nalleygmc.com/showAssem...ssembly=404787

Real tough to find. It was the very first link when I Google searched for the p/n Lucky posted.

strand rider

Sounds like you already have the problem beaten.

If it helps, I had a power steering hose made at a hydraulic shop, one of the benefits of living in a big city. I mention it because in the process I learned that the metal pipes on each end of the rubber section have functions that effect flow and fluid delivery.

I thought a hose was a hose, and that any high pressure hose that fit would work. Turns out when the hose changes diameter in a section , that is designed for flow and pressure control , not just a metal bend because it is durable.


If you can't buy it, take the old one to a place that can recreate the old one. Apparently the functions of the various hose sections are well understood. The guy at the counter looked at my old english part from 1965 and said it looked pretty standard and I could pick up a new duplicate tomorrow. I still don't understand completely how the hose works, but I now believe they are usually designed for a specific application in a system.

cjragonese

Thanks for the drawing. I found aused one at corvette salvage for $100 in the meantime I used 1/2 tubing and rebuilt the line with compression fittings and surprisingly enought it wroks with no leaks but its definatelya patch. I was told by the chevy dealr this morning no one in the US has any of these lines. I havent called the link you sent but the part was listed there for $42. Im guessing its an old listing.

Thanks for the listing

cjragonese

Thanks do you know if anyone published the replacement procedures for the Long line?