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Date:         Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:00:06 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Steering rack replacement and replacement and . . .
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George, have you got any idea as to what he power steering pump output pressure is??

Thanks,

Regards,

John Rodgers 88 gL Driver

George Goff wrote:

>In a message dated 11/16/03 6:36:22 PM, korkwood@WSHOST.NET writes: > ><< How do you flush the system? What's the purpose? >> > >Leon, > >A clean hydraulic system will last damn near forever, but it has to be kept >as clean as a space shuttle assembly room. If a rack is queefed out, it's >going to have some form of ca-ca floating around in it. If you install a new rack >without flushing the system, there is a good chance that the residual crap >will cause a seal to leak in a short time. Also, replacing a pump without >flushing can ruin a perfectly good rack. > >I had this come home to roost the first time I changed out a Volvo rack about >25 years ago. Within weeks after installing the replacement rack, my >Sweetheart told me her car was steering "funny". Knowing and loving women as I do, I >figured she just had smeared on too much Jergens. When I checked it, I found >steering fluid dripping from the wheelhouses and the reservoir bone dry. >Also, both rack boots were split. I would have loved to have seen those boots >right before they shit the bed. > >To flush the system, I made a temporary reservoir from a gallon metal pour >can by cutting out its bottom and adapting a hose barb to its screw on lid. I >hang it above the reservoir and connect it to the pump supply line. I >disconnect the return at the reservoir and run it to a catch basin. I fill the can >leaving some room for slosh then start the engine and while it is idling I turn >the steering from lock to lock until the fluid is expended. It is nice to >have a helper at the wheel so that you don't have to run back and forth from the >front of the van to the rear. When the pump starts spinning the fluid >disappears pretty damn fast and if you have a helper you can add even more fluid to >the flush. Of course, the reservoir also has to be scrubbed clean before the >system is filled. > >After I bought my first Syncro, with 130 Kmi on it, the steering was starting >to get hard at start up on cold mornings. I flushed the system as I >described with 6 quarts of fluid. When I parked that van for the final time, it had >216 Kmi on the clock and the power steering was still working perfectly. > >The only problem is what to do with the wasted ATF left over from the >flushing. I keep a couple gallons of it around to use for a quench when heat >treating, the rest I dump into a pristine, babbling mountain stream near Latrobe,PA. >I think it is the same one the Rolling Rock brewery uses. > >George > > >


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