Power Steering hose replacement 2000 Grand Caravan.
#1
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So, here goes. 2000 Dodge CG with a 3.3. It developed a power steering leak, in the pressure hose. My wife ran it out of fluid, and burned up the PS pump. So I am into it for a new pump and pulley, and replacing the lines down to the rack.
Looking around I see a few different versions of the power steering pump listed so I need to determine which one I need.
But the real whammy is I cannot find the return line from the rack listed anywhere. All the online places list it as a section of rubber hose. But on the van it looks like a hard line on one end with a fitting that threads into the rack? Am I missing something?
Any ideas, I know I gotta buy a set of crow foot wrenches to get at the rack, that looks like it will be all kinds of fun.
Any help would be appreciated.
Richard.
Looking around I see a few different versions of the power steering pump listed so I need to determine which one I need.
But the real whammy is I cannot find the return line from the rack listed anywhere. All the online places list it as a section of rubber hose. But on the van it looks like a hard line on one end with a fitting that threads into the rack? Am I missing something?
Any ideas, I know I gotta buy a set of crow foot wrenches to get at the rack, that looks like it will be all kinds of fun.
Any help would be appreciated.
Richard.
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I think I found them. Rock auto has then, which is cool because I won a gift card from them.
http://info.rockauto.com/Edelmann/De....jpg&PS004.jpg
They also had the transmission cooler lines that I needed. Now I just have to wait for the parts to come in and see if I can beg/borrow/buy/find/steal the correct size crowfoot line wrenches. Whoever designed that goddam steering rack/k member arrangement should be beaten with a leaky power steering hose.
Thanks
Richard.
http://info.rockauto.com/Edelmann/De....jpg&PS004.jpg
They also had the transmission cooler lines that I needed. Now I just have to wait for the parts to come in and see if I can beg/borrow/buy/find/steal the correct size crowfoot line wrenches. Whoever designed that goddam steering rack/k member arrangement should be beaten with a leaky power steering hose.
Thanks
Richard.
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Got it done today, it was an all day affair. Replacing the hoses, and the burned up pump took me about 8 hours. I opted for the remove the alternator and bracket and idler route to get the pump out though the top, rather then pull the axle. If I ever find the engineer who designed that setup, bad things will probably happen.
Cheers
Richard.
Cheers
Richard.