Removing Lines from Power Steering Pump....
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 4,269
Likes: 3
From: St. Charles IL
Cruise-In 5-6-7-8-9-11-12 Veteran
A CI-6 Car Show Winner
Re: Removing Lines from Power Steering Pump.... (bsowa)
Your chances of getting it off with a line wrench are pretty good. If it's not too tight other types of wrenches will work. If you are replacing the line you might be able to cut it with a heavy duty wire cutter and use a box end wrench.
[Modified by Big Fish, 9:30 PM 8/14/2002]
[Modified by Big Fish, 9:30 PM 8/14/2002]
Safety Car
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 3,758
Likes: 3
From: Surrey
Re: Removing Lines from Power Steering Pump.... (Big Fish)
I had trouble getting mine off. There's a post somewhere in the archives about it (the later C3's had metric fittings, etc). After soaking the threads in penetrating oil for weeks(!) I eventually got it off using an open ended wrench & brute force. A flare wrench would've been better. I removed the alternator & PS belt & positioned the pump so that I could get a bit more space around it. I then held a wrench on the nut, a drift on the other end of the wrench & then used my 3rd hand to aim some heavy blows at the drift with a hammer (I'd run out of patience!). Sharp jolts, while holding a good fitting wrench on the nut, are usually more successful than constant pressure on a wrench.
Good luck, those fittings can be a real PITA.
:cheers:
Good luck, those fittings can be a real PITA.
:cheers:
