Power Steering

["Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>]

I hope you studied the archives on this subject - most of the replacement
pressure hoses omit the flow restriction orifice that is there to prevent
noise from the pump, because the people making the hoses are not engineers
and think it is there simply as a size reduction fitting.

If you have a replacement pressure hose that does not include this device,
you will not be able to get rid of the noise without removing the belt from
the pulley!

You need to obtain a correct original power steering pressure hose, even if
it is no good, so you can retrieve the flow restriction orifice and have it
used in making a correct new hose.

Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <alacaria@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 1:38 PM
Subject: IML: Power Steering


> Hi Everyone;
>
> I am the one that had the whiny power steering unit on my 56 Imperial. I
> did purchase one off a fellow Imp owner and put it on and still had whine.
> I then put new hoses on, high pressure and return. I also purchased the
> rubber piece that goes between the generator and the power steering unit
> and put it on. I also flushed out the power steering fluid and put in
> transmission fluid and it still whines when I turn.
>
> The only thing I could think is, that I put on another worn unit, or my
> first unit was good and I introduced a second unit that was worn.
>
> Does anyone have anymore ideas?
>
> Anthony Lacaria
>
> 56 Imperial
> 90 Imperial
> 72 Javelin
> Looking for a 61 Imperial
>
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