Power steering hose kinked

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Mike MPD
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Power steering hose kinked

Post by Mike MPD »

I am replacing all of my low pressure power steering lines and I can't for the life of me get this line on without it kinking. It's the rubber line from the reservoir to the cooler hard lines.

It's an oem BMW line, I've tried shortening, lengthening, it always kinks.

Any tips? Am I backwards with the line that goes from cooler to steering box? Swapping the two kind of looks like it would fix the issue but I was pretty sure I have orientation correct. That's how it was when I took it apart anyway. Does direction of flow through the cooler make any difference?

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jayjaya29
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Re: Power steering hose kinked

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You can try to bend the hardline a bit to prevent the kink. Just a tweak, don't want to kink the hardline.
Mike W.
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Re: Power steering hose kinked

Post by Mike W. »

I believe the cooler is just tubing, nothing special inside, and even if there were I'm not sure it would make any difference if flow was reversed. So if it works, just swap in and out.
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