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Old 17-02-2012, 07:50 PM   #1
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Default Power steering nut leak.

I am about to under go the power steering high presure hose o-ring leak.
Is there a step by step guide somewhere here with pic's to show how to do it, I searched but could not find anything.

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Old 17-02-2012, 09:21 PM   #2
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Old 17-02-2012, 09:58 PM   #3
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i have done a couple on ED, EF AND ELs
i used a 1mm cutting disc in my angle grinde.
carefully cut through the nut until you are almost through
cutting parallel to the pipe
be very carefull not to cut the piping that the nut fits onto.
then i put the nut onto something solid and tap a stubby flat-bladed screwdriver in the cut slot with a hammer
the nut splits open a little, and the nut will slide off the end of the pipe
give the pipe a quick wipe over and tap the new nut on
there is a circlip inside the nut which grabs the pipe and holds it on firm.

i have heard of someone buying the replacement nut from fords and prying the o'ring out and then slipping it into their old fitting
if that works you could just source a 10c o'ring and use that
i have never tried that way though.

there is probably other ways of doing it too

dont forget to buy some power steering fluid from fords about $14, or equivalent synthetic stuff

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Old 17-02-2012, 10:11 PM   #4
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Default Re: Power steering nut leak.

I bought the nut today and I am going to attempt it one day soon.
Does the hose have to come of the other end and pull out of the vehicle as it look's like a ***** if it does, it goes down under the a/c down the front then across the other side of the engine to the firewall.

Do you have to use the Ford fluid or what about Penrite or something else, and does the system need to be bleed afterwards..
I was going to suck out the fluid in the res with a syringe then undo the nut and go from there.
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Old 17-02-2012, 11:29 PM   #5
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i did them all with them in the car still, they were all 6cyls though.

first i removed the hose and let the pump drain the fluid into a 2 litre icecream container.
i have used the penrite synthetic fluid in my own EL, still there 3 years later without probs.
when i finished and put it all back together i just refilled the pump and started it and let it bleed itself.
turned it off and left it.
next morn i checked the level, it took under 100mls more.
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Old 17-02-2012, 11:33 PM   #6
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Default Re: Power steering nut leak.

Thank's mate, I will attempt it and see, hopefully I can cut it while it's still in the engine bay without having to take the hole line out.
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Old 18-02-2012, 08:15 AM   #7
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Default Re: Power steering nut leak.

i got my PS nut in the post last week. just to be sure and safe im going to use a hack saw to cut the nut off.
how do u put the nut back on. fit the nut over pipe hold it and then just a smack with a hammer?
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Old 18-02-2012, 09:00 AM   #8
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Galaxy, might be a good chance to take some pics when you do it? Seems like this is a fairly common procedure that is in need of documenting.

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a dremel could be good to use too, with the thin cutting disc
stick a rag into the end of the pipe to stop filings etc going in.
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Make sure you have the right nut! I have an xr8 and was incorrectly supplyed a 6cyl union (nut) i disnt know there was a difference and used it, it will fit but it will not seal 100%
i'll upload a pic of the v8 union (nut) its still waiting to be fitted lol
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Old 18-02-2012, 10:41 AM   #12
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Default Re: Power steering nut leak.

The nut I have got is the same as the one my67XR has posted, that nut that you have XARATE is not like the one on mine, so I don't know what it is of ?.

If I end up doing it I will take some pic's as it does look like we need a step by step, but I also have to get a leak looked at underneath and I am going to get someone to do that so I won't be doing this nut and filling up the res untill that is sorted otherwise it will be a waste of fluid.
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Old 18-02-2012, 12:02 PM   #13
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Default Re: Power steering nut leak.

There is a how-to here somewhere. I used it when I did mine (I6) but I haven't time to search right now.
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the pic i put up is a BA one, they will leak if used on EF, EL, AU's
the EF, EL, AU one is slightly different, im pretty sure the thread is shorter too
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here is those links ronwest-
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Old 18-02-2012, 01:44 PM   #16
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the pic i put up is a BA one, they will leak if used on EF, EL, AU's
the EF, EL, AU one is slightly different, im pretty sure the thread is shorter too
It look's exactly like the original one allready in there ?.
And the new one I bought look's exactly like the one you posted up to suit BA ?.
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Default Re: Power steering nut leak.

Hmm some say just replacing the oring won't solve the problem, they say you have to replace the whole hose ?.
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they must be different in the V8s then, all good
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Default Re: Power steering nut leak.

Ok I see what is going on now, the BA is different in the thread like my67xr has mentioned, and the AU has two nuts, one is like what XARATE has posted and the other is similar to the BA one but different, there is a pic of it in one of those links, it has two different thread's on the body.
So Ford has obviously given me a BA one . idiot's.
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Default Re: Power steering nut leak.

Have a look at the 1st pic in this thread,
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11259590
That is what I have for the AU, well it's one part of the nut, the other part that it screw's into is what XRATE has posted,
Where as the pic that my67xr has posted is of a BA one, look at the thread difference on the shaft body.
Thank's guy's for pointing it all out.
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