Re: 85' Alpha - Need to replace outer water supply hose
Does anyone know of a way to cheat without pulling the entire thing apart.
not me. imho, it's a miseable job and near impossible to do even with taking it apart... getting the hose on the nipple on the gimble housing is next to impossible. granted it's doable. but there really is zero room to work the hose onto the nipple...
also, imho, put the new hose on the gimble hosing side first, then route back to the bell housing (if i remember right, s/m says bell housing first, then gimble housing). i say this because it's easier, imho, to keep the kink out of the hose going fore to aft. problem being that ya gotta twist the hose on the gimble housing to match the bell housing if ya go from having the hose already on the bell housing and then putting it on the gimble housing. which is where ya can't get to. put it on the gimble housing first and ya can keep the kink out of the hose while attaching the hose to the bell housing..
on my second try for that hose (yep, i got to do it twice since i got kinked the first try)
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i heated it good + spread the hose out with a cone a few days prior to install. the heat was probably the best thing i did for getting the hose on the gimble housing. don't know if the heat degraded the hose, but it sure helped get it seated onto the nipple. also used dish soap to help the inside of the hose get slippery...
the oem hose is real thick and most uncooperative imho..
good luck fd, and have yer first aid kit handy. ya may need it...
