Showing my ignorance
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Showing my ignorance
I hate to show my ignorance but all I’ve ever done repairing a vehicle is with this truck. I’ve replaced the starter, the ball joints, and now I’m doing the power steering pump. I have no idea which part of the hydraulic fitting to turn in order to remove the line. What I see from the pump out is a nut that looks like it is screwed directly into the pump...a nipple that is threaded with a place to put a wrench on it...and a square head that the metal line goes into from the crimp that attaches it to the rubber hose. Do I hold the threaded nipple and turn the nut that screws directly into the pump housing? Or do I turn the threaded nipple?
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In other words the end of that line will actually turn...the threaded nipple will spin and it is actually part of the hydraulic line. I need to grab the larger nut that screws into the pump and turn the line (nipple) out of that fitting.
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Thanks...I hate asking what would seem like an elementary question. I was almost positive about how to get it off but the last thing I wanted to do was bust that line. I can’t afford to pay anyone to work on this truck so I’ve turned into a mechanic.
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Do not worry about asking what seems like a dumb question. There are lots of us here that ask dumb questions all the time. It would be more dumb to brreak that line because you didn't ask. No one will call anyone out here for asking questions. It's how we all learn. By you asking the question you did, it goes into the search data base for the next person. Keep on turning those wrenches and asking questions.
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Well, you being here, asking questions, shows you know what you are doing. Ask first, fix, teach later.
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