What parts do I need for a power steering system?

[Jand3rson]

I need to completely replace the power steering system in my car. Why, you ask?

BECAUSE THE PO REMOVED THE WHOLE THING. :roll:

The car still has a PS rack, just nothing else. Obviously I will need the pump, fluid reservoir, and any lines connected to it. How many specific lines are there that are needed? Any plain rubber hoses will be replaced. How many major, not-cheap-to-replace lines are there that will be needed? Pics would be helpful, if you have them.

Sorry if the wording on this sounds retarded, I've just never had to deal much with any power steering parts.

[Erick]

2 hoses: from the PS tank to the pump, and from the pump to the steering rack. Make sure you get the washers as well for the hoses. Then there's the PS belt.... and I guess that's it.

[Jordan]

3 hoses....

[Jand3rson]

3 hoses....

What is the 3rd?

[Super Eta]

Can someone like post pictures.

and get this 2 hoses no 3 hoses thing figure out its confusing.

[Jordan]

No, my bad, go ahead and question me, its not like I have had every single fucking part of a e30 apart and in my hands. No not me.

[Jand3rson]

No, my bad, go ahead and question me, its not like I have had every single fucking part of a e30 apart and in my hands. No not me.

I'm buying the parts from him, Jordan. We are trying to make sure that he has everything I will need.

[Super Eta]

No, my bad, go ahead and question me, its not like I have had every single fucking part of a e30 apart and in my hands. No not me.

I'm buying the parts from him, Jordan. We are trying to make sure that he has everything I will need.

Jordan you are goofball but yea okay that was kind of foolish of me to quesiton that but i was just making sure sorry.

I was going to ask what the hoses look like and stuff and i jsut remebered i have an E30 and all i ahve to do is pop the hood and look.

[Super Eta]

whats missing?

[KenC]

Kind of Off-Topic, but I've got a funny story pertaining to the power steering parts.

I was driving down the road at about 45mph and all of a sudden I hear this LOUD "Ca-Chunk!" from under my hood. I was like WTF!? And I look in the rear-view and I see this piece of metal rolling down the road. So I'm thinking, "Great, I just hit somehting in the road; I hope it didn't fuck anythingup." So I think that I'd better pull over to inspect my car, and when I go to pull off a side-street I realize that I have no power steering. So I'm like, "Shit!". And I put 2 and 2 together and realize that something fell off of my car! I drive back down the road and stop to pick the part up and realize that it's the power steering pulley! The pulley had actually been ripped off of the bolts holding it on somehow! The bolts were still threaded in the pump, but the pulley had just been torn off of them! (Don't ask me how it happened, I have no idea. The whole middle part of the pulley was torn to shit.
So I took it to my mechanic, and needless to say he was really surprised and said that he'd never seen anything like it. So I left my car there and they fixed it that day with a used one. (It actually was only like $50 including labor to replace it.)

Sorry, for being off topic. The picture of the pulley reminded me of that little incident.

[Super Eta]

Kind of Off-Topic, but I've got a funny story pertaining to the power steering parts.

I was driving down the road at about 45mph and all of a sudden I hear this LOUD "Ca-Chunk!" from under my hood. I was like WTF!? And I look in the rear-view and I see this piece of metal rolling down the road. So I'm thinking, "Great, I just hit somehting in the road; I hope it didn't fuck anythingup." So I think that I'd better pull over to inspect my car, and when I go to pull off a side-street I realize that I have no power steering. So I'm like, "Shit!". And I put 2 and 2 together and realize that something fell off of my car! I drive back down the road and stop to pick the part up and realize that it's the power steering pulley! The pulley had actually been ripped off of the bolts holding it on somehow! The bolts were still threaded in the pump, but the pulley had just been torn off of them! (Don't ask me how it happened, I have no idea. The whole middle part of the pulley was torn to shit.
So I took it to my mechanic, and needless to say he was really surprised and said that he'd never seen anything like it. So I left my car there and they fixed it that day with a used one. (It actually was only like $50 including labor to replace it.)

Sorry, for being off topic. The picture of the pulley reminded me of that little incident.

Ken no problem as thats pretty funny.

Kinda sucks that it happened though.

[James Crivellone]

No, my bad, go ahead and question me, its not like I have had every single fucking part of a e30 apart and in my hands. No not me.

Easy dude.....EASSSYYYY =)