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Mine has a hole. Do any of you just repair or replace it? The hole is in the rubber part of the upper hose. Thanks.
That's not true. I can't count how many hoses on the farm where we cut out the damaged section, and had new ends swaged on to repair them. Granted, these are 1" to 2" and longer hoses as well (looking at a few hundred bucks to replace vs. 2 ends and a swage job.)That is one of the few items that no one repairs. Pressure goes as high 10,000 psi. When a hose leaks it means the entire hose is shot, end of life. Takes special expensive equipment to install the high pressure fittings. And no hose shop will repair one.
That's not true. I can't count how many hoses on the farm where we cut out the damaged section, and had new ends swaged on to repair them. Granted, these are 1" to 2" and longer hoses as well (looking at a few hundred bucks to replace vs. 2 ends and a swage job.)
Replace
Replace it, trans/steering fluid will burn your jeep down.
Cheaper in this case to just buy a new hose, or get one from the junkyard.
Change
If you want a spare spend an extra $17.99 and get two. No reason to keep a leaky high-pressure hydraulic line.
Sooo, consensus is to repair it...Got it!
I will actually try some gorilla tape just for giggles and take a pic. We will see if it holds.
I'll upload a squirting video soon.