Bending power steering line

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rburge58@bellsouth.net - 31 Jan 2005 01:47 GMT

Is it very difficult to bend steel power steering lines. I have a 66
inline 6 mustang that I need to replace the steel portion ofhe return
line from the pump to the control valve. It needs to be custom bend
and had rather do it myself. It has gotten kinked where it connects to
the control valve and is leaking pretty bad and I think if I do the
bends myself I could do a better job than whoever did it last.

Richard

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.boB - 31 Jan 2005 02:02 GMT

> Is it very difficult to bend steel power steering lines. I have a 66
> inline 6 mustang that I need to replace the steel portion ofhe return
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> Richard

No, it's not difficult at all. You need a tubing
wrech, tubing bender, tubing cutter, and a flare tool.

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Brent P - 31 Jan 2005 02:16 GMT

> Is it very difficult to bend steel power steering lines. I have a 66
> inline 6 mustang that I need to replace the steel portion ofhe return
> line from the pump to the control valve. It needs to be custom bend
> and had rather do it myself. It has gotten kinked where it connects to
> the control valve and is leaking pretty bad and I think if I do the
> bends myself I could do a better job than whoever did it last.

Same deal as brake lines. Tubing bender and a flare tool. I actually used
brake line to make power steering lines and replace a section of PS
line (using brake fittings) for a winter beater. The only gotcha might
be some odd shaped flares that can't be made with a standard flare tool.
I wouldn't think a '66 mustang would have any.

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