Thread: Changing '97 power steering hoses

So how do you get the rack and pinion end of these hoses off ? Do you have to drop the subframe or is there another easier way to get at them. I can not see a way from under the car..

I used a stubby 18mm and was able to get to it by going behind the engine up top, but I have small hands. Then pull it out the passenger side wheel well.

Thanks for the pointers guys.
I will try from the top with the stubby 18mm first... But it looks tight in there.
If I have to drop the subframe any pointers ?
4x4 under the two arms coming off the back of it, then lower it on a floorjack? [ I will be under the
car on my back eventually, no lift ]. What torque is on those 2 big bolts ? How difficult to line it back
up when you jack it back up ? Anything to avoid snagging or ripping / pulling ? Thanks again !!!!

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

put a floor jack under the middle rear of the frame, then then back the two rear sub frame bolts out about 2 inches, the lower the jac to the bolts, leaving the weight on the jack.

when done, just jack the frame back up and make the bolts tight.

oh, and you need the car on jack stands under the rockers if they are not rotted out. i put the jack under the middle of the front part of the frame, then jack it up as high as it will go, then put the j/s under the car.

Scottydoggs, Thanks.
Rockers on this one are pretty bad.... NY car in Cali now, looks real bad compared to the true Cali cars which are typically rust free underneath, just dusty and/or greasy ...
Well, what we have done so far is avoid lowering the subframe, we cut the 2 lines at the fittings from underneath and removed the fittings with a universal and long extension and racket from above.. They were rusted on pretty good, so the stubby wrench from above did not have enough ummph ... They are out, now we just need to make sure we put the new ones in in the right ports there....