Power steering hoses - inlet and outlet to the steering box. How hard?

[jicaino]

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How much of a pain in the butt is it to do those lines?

[taz.]

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How much of a pain in the butt is it to do those lines?Don't know about the v8, but l6 is not complicated, just messy. Ps fluid goes everywhere, no matter how much you try to empty the system, there will always be something left to spill and make a mess. I swapped my steering rack in about 2h hours. Hanged the engine, dropped the subframe, changed the rack, and done.
Don't be afraid of anything complicated.

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[jicaino]

I've done the rack swap in the i6 it's messy but not hard. V8 I fear it's another level of complexity. You have less than 2 inches of space under the cyl head, on the side of the exhaust manifold, and you can barely fit the long extension of a 3/8 drive socket

[JimLev]

I replaced my lines not to long ago. With long tube headers I have even less room.
Pull the Aux pump up and keep it out of the way, that will give you a little more room.
Use a crows foot to loosen/remove the bolts.
When re-assembling use grease on the crush washers to keep them from falling off the banjo bolts.

[jicaino]

I replaced my lines not to long ago. With long tube headers I have even less room.
Pull the Aux pump up and keep it out of the way, that will give you a little more room.
Use a crows foot to loosen/remove the bolts.
When re-assembling use grease on the crush washers to keep them from falling off the banjo bolts.

all great advise as always, Jim. Thanks so much. Crowfoot you mean like those things for loosening brake hard lines and such?

[JimLev]

For brake lines you use flare wrenches.
These are crows feet. I guess you could also use them on brake lines too.

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[dtw]

I just lift the engine up a few inches off the subframe and then there’s plenty of room to replace the lines.

[jicaino]

For brake lines you use flare wrenches.
These are crows feet. I guess you could also use them on brake lines too.

720352

Great. I own a set of those. I've used them for brake lines on tight, hard to reach places.


I just lift the engine up a few inches off the subframe and then there’s plenty of room to replace the lines.
Good suggestion! I could probably do the motor mounts while at it too.

[dannyzabolotny]

They’re easy to do once you lift the engine off the motor mount on the driver’s side. That extra inch or two of clearance gives you the ability to put a socket on the banjo bolts, which makes the rest of the job real easy. I can do all the power steering lines on a V8 E39 in like an hour nowadays.

[BostonJon]

i did them on the V8 WITHOUT lifting the engine. it was tedious but very manageable.

have you seen this thread?

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2150127-Project-Broomhilde&p=28331685#post28331685


edit: added the worth "without" - i definitely did not lift the engine.

[jicaino]

They’re easy to do once you lift the engine off the motor mount on the driver’s side. That extra inch or two of clearance gives you the ability to put a socket on the banjo bolts, which makes the rest of the job real easy. I can do all the power steering lines on a V8 E39 in like an hour nowadays.
Good tip, thanks man!


i did them on the V8 lifting the engine. it was tedious but very manageable.

have you seen this thread?

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2150127-Project-Broomhilde&p=28331685#post28331685
No, thanks for the link