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I sorted this issue out a while ago and I thought I’d come back and give a rundown of what was going on.
In the process of removing the power steering gear I had to undo the connection marked on this picture.
You don’t necessarily have to undo this connection but in my case I did because the line it’s connected to was caught on something.
After removing the power steering gear I found a small brass fitting on the floor and I didn’t see where it came from, pictured hereWell, to make a long story short, that brass fitting goes on the connection in the first picture. Each connection that goes directly into the p/s gear has a brass fitting like that. My problem was that I put the brass fitting between this
and this
which resulted in a leak there as well as a leak here
Once I put that fitting in the right place all of my problems were solved
The fittings are brass, if you can’t tell from the picture. No rust here. Since two people have said something is wrong with threads I’ll at least pursue it. Could you define ‘love’?
All the threads appear to be in good shape. I tried reconnecting with less torque and found that it slowed both leaks to a steady drip from the solid stream it was going at before, but still leaking.
I think that these flair connections form the seal through the compression of the double sided flair and not through the closing of the threads, so I can probably rule out problems with the threads being messed up.
Thanks a bunch for the input, and more for putting me at ease ;). I really was getting worked up about it but I think it’s going to be fine. I’ve been out checking everything out and things are looking pretty good. Last thing to do will be to check that the shaft isn’t wobbly while I’m turning it over, and the thing looks tougher than I imagined. Cheers!
Thanks a bunch for the input, and more for putting me at ease ;). I really was getting worked up about it but I think it’s going to be fine. I’ve been out checking everything out and things are looking pretty good. Last thing to do will be to check that the shaft isn’t wobbly while I’m turning it over, and the thing looks tougher than I imagined. Cheers!
Here’s hoping. My biggest concern is that I let the weight of the transmission down a few times trying to get it out, and I think that the only thing supporting it at that point would have been the connection between the drive train, the flex plate, and the torque converter. Do you think that any of those could warp with ~150 sitting on it?
Here’s hoping. My biggest concern is that I let the weight of the transmission down a few times trying to get it out, and I think that the only thing supporting it at that point would have been the connection between the drive train, the flex plate, and the torque converter. Do you think that any of those could warp with ~150 sitting on it?