Re: How to disconnect stubborn hose?

[Randy Wilson <randy@taylor.infi.net>]

>>I'm trying to disconnect the return hydraulic line to the power 
>>steering =
>>pump on an 83 XJ6 S3 and can't get the sucker to let go. It will 
>>rotate =
>>through the limited motion available, but will not pull off. I'm 
>...
>I can't tell exactly why you can't get the hose loose, but I'm assuming
>the problem is the limited range of motion.  I took a cheap wrench and
>cut the shank off short enough to allow me to turn the fitting through an
>arc large enough to get it off.
>
>Mark Anderton

I believe he's talking about the return line, which is a push on hose.
the most likely explaination is the hose is old and *rock* hard. It
has molded itself to the swedge on the nipple of the pump, and he can
not get the now non-deformable hose to move over this swedge. The correct
answer is, of course, to cut the hose off with a knife (slitting lengthwise
along the nipple), and replace it. 

   Randy K. Wilson
     randy@taylor.infi.net

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• Re: How to disconnect stubborn hose?
• From: andertonm@juno.com (Mark R. Anderton)

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