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alwaysthere
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Mar 15, 2011, 4:07 PM
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I have a 2001 Chevy Malibu that I am replacing the transmission on. One of the steps was to disconnect the power steering pressure and return lines so that I can lower the sub frame. Now that the transmission has been replaced I am raising the sub frame back in to place and need to reconnect the power steering lines. My problem is, I don't know which line goes into which port of the power steering gear. My Haynes manual does not say and Google is not helping me either.
Of the two lines, one has a bend about one and a half inches from the connector. The other has a bend three inches from the connector.
On the power steering gear one port is close to the top where the steering fork attaches. The other is lower and pointed a little more towards the rear of the car.
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Mar 15, 2011, 4:12 PM
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They should fall right into place when you get them in the correct position, assuming you haven't bent them up.
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alwaysthere
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Mar 15, 2011, 4:20 PM
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I have tried lining them up in place and neither seems to fit in place better than the other place.
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Mar 15, 2011, 4:23 PM
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It has to if you haven't bent them.
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Mar 15, 2011, 4:29 PM
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I'm afraid that doesn't help me figure out which one goes where. If they were bent they were not bent very much. The lines travel from the passenger side of the vehicle across to the drivers side before connecting so even a slight bend would easily put them out of position.
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Mar 15, 2011, 4:32 PM
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Nobody publishes what your looking before because it's not a problem that techs run into. It's usually pretty obvious when you get the lines in the correct position.
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I'm sure I could follow the lines from the power steering pump to determine which is the pressure and which is the return. But I don't know which hole in the steering gear is which. Can you help me figure that out at least?
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Apparently I'm not getting my point across.
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Apparently I'm not getting mine across. I CAN NOT TELL WHICH WAY THEY GO BASED ON THEIR POSITION. I need an ALTERNATE method of figuring out which way they go. I am asking for help, not beratement for slightly bending the tubes while trying to remove my transmission.
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I told you, that information is not published and not something we would know off the top of our head for every make of vehicle out there so to be clearer, I don't know without being there.
Do you think i would have gone back and forth 10 times if I could have simply answered the question?
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Does anyone else have a suggestion? I've wasted hours trying to figure this out and I'm not getting any help. There must be some diagrams that show how to rebuild the steering gear somewhere, and that should indicate which is the pressure line and which is the return. Maybe someone else has a similar year Malibu and could look at their car. In the mean time I'm F**ked.
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Here is a diagram I found. There are two holes in the steering gear (5) where hoses (3) and (4) connect. I just need to know which goes in which hole.
(This post was edited by zmame on Mar 15, 2011, 5:48 PM)
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And the diagram doesn't tell you that, does it? and none of the others will either.
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Mar 15, 2011, 7:06 PM
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by looks of the picture of a used on i seen with lines cut off on the net #4 goes on bottom #3 goes on top, but don't quote me on it.. best bet is to look at another malibu.
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alwaysthere
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Mar 15, 2011, 7:27 PM
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I figured out from another forum, the return line (3) is on top.
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Timthecarguy719
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Apr 2, 2011, 9:49 PM
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I'd just go to a junk yard and look at one and see how it is.
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