The usual is that the steel line is cracked just as it emerges from the fitting
this has happened ususally because the bushing in the left end of the ram is
is all spungo and the ram is moving exceessively eventually cracking the line
It is an ugly job because you have to replace the ram bushing
as well as the steel line
It may well be that it all has to come out of the car
There is no point in buying a new steel line from Peugeot becaause they just send
a straight piece which you can easily make with a piece of steel line and a bubble
flaring tool
Disortex or Brian Holm should have the ram bushing
which you can pull in with a piece of threaded rod and a some sockets and washers
The toughest part of the job is getting the steel lines threading into the pinion valve
BE CAREFUL it is really easy to cross thread the steel fitting into the aluminum
valve body
It is an aweful job I've done it a few times and it never gets easier
Sell me the car
Bob
- Original Message -----
From: Tony O
To: Peugeot-L
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 3:35 AM
Subject: [Peugeot-L] Power steering leak on 86 505TD
I have a pretty bad leak coming from the lines. Please forgive my
lack of proper terminology, but I have managed to locate the exact
leak point. It is coming from the jic (???) fitting on the pipe that
connects the power steering gear to the rack. I think it's the supply
side. I'm not really sure how to properly seal this thing since I
think it's the fitting and not the threads that is supposed to seal.
This pipe with two male JIC ends is very similar to the clutch slave
pipe on my saabs that has given me so much trouble over the years. I
don't know what caused the leak as it came on fairly suddenly. I'm
guessing that it is just continued stress from over the years as I
notice that the rack has a little play (by design?) and the lines to
get some tension on them.
Can anyone give me some advice, either temporary fix or permanent. I
will need the car tomorrow so if I can't seal it properly, then I will
probably just undo the power steering pump belt so that I won't
destroy it. I've posted a couple pics on my site just to show the
items in question. They can be seen here:
http://www.santacruzbiofuel.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=New-Pug-86-505TD
oh yeah, is there compatibility between the gas and diesel models for
both racks, pumps, steering gears...any of it? I happen to have an 85
505td that has IP problems so I could pull the parts off of that
temporarily until I can hit the pick n pull.
thanks in advance for any help.
-Tony
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