Height corrector pipes - fitting?
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tim
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Height corrector pipes - fitting?
As below, just did the entire octopod and some other hoses (given that they're all the same age). The worst job of the lot was fitting the 3mm pipe over the stubs on the front height corrector.. PIG of a job, there is just no way to get the pipe started due to the limited access and once you do manage it getting them to go all the way is another pig.... I replaced the pipe which goes from the reservoir to the h.c. (it was starting to split, see first sentence!) - this is the one that goes over the stub with a flare on the end. Once I dropped the setting from 'high' to normal' (which is when yer returns will start pissing fluid if you've cocked it up) the damn thing popped off - bugger, should've fitted a Jubilee clip on that one. So I had to do the job again with just as much swearing and struggles as the first time. It's on - just - and hasn't come off this time, but I'd like to to try it again when it stops raining and get it on up to the hilt. Any tricks to making this easier - it really is a sod.
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KevR
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I'd dip the end of the pipe in very hot water for a while to make it more flexible first. Also, if you give a squirt of hairspray into the end of the tube a fraction of a second before you try and fit it, that acts as a lubricant, then dries and acts as a glue. I use the same trick with motorcycle handgrips. I'd probably put a couple of small but good quality cable ties on as a belt and braces measure.
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tim
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I did the whole thing, boiling water and some hydraulic grease! Without that it wouldn't even have got started. Cable ties probably good for emergency but I've ordered a few mini-jubilee clips cos I'm not sure you could get the tie tight enough given the crappy access. Martin from Pleiades (still open and damn helpful) said the approved method was a Maglight torch held between the teeth and a pair of long-nosed pliers in each hand.
It has been suggested that the drive shaft needs to come out for the octopus job. It doesn't. However, if it WAS out then you might have a bit more hand space... but if you have to remove the l.h. drive shaft first then this means both wheels off and the car on axle stands; I'd rather be up on the ramps with a clear run at the underneath but apart from the work involved I don't fancy having the car with no brakes or front wheels up on the ramps.
It has been suggested that the drive shaft needs to come out for the octopus job. It doesn't. However, if it WAS out then you might have a bit more hand space... but if you have to remove the l.h. drive shaft first then this means both wheels off and the car on axle stands; I'd rather be up on the ramps with a clear run at the underneath but apart from the work involved I don't fancy having the car with no brakes or front wheels up on the ramps.