Loader replacement option for ford 545 power steering hose and tube assembly

[parish]

Seems like any time I get into brush it ends up costing a lot in one way or another. Yesterday I broke a hose on the power steering cylinder for probably the third time. The Ford part number is D8NN3R762AB. Last time was about 5 years ago and the hose assembly was 40 bucks. Now it's 100. I never thought the hard return after the flexible hose transitions to the small diameter tube was a good idea. I'm wondering if anyone has just used a single length of flexible hydraulic hose in that application and if so, what the ideal length would be.
Thanks for any advice.
Wayne

 

[/pine]

A hose should work fine in place of a solid tube...as long as there is no banjo fitting etc...

Also the compression type fittings work darn good on solid tubing...easy to convert tubing to JIC, NTP etc.,etc...

Good Luck...

 

[parish]

Thanks, Pine. I'll have another look at it in the daylight. Have a good weekend.