RACK & PINIONS: POWER STEERING HOSES
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THINGS WE ALL NEED TO KNOW AND DO WHEN IT COMES TO POWER STEERING:
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Clean your system before you install your rack and pinion and your pump, reservoir and hoses.
Contamination will kill your steering and cost you $$$.
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After installation, do not start or crank your engine until you fill the system with high grade power
steering fluid (do not use transmission fluid). We recommend KRC power steering fluid.
Follow instructions to bleed your system to remove all of the air.
All pressure ends are crimped fittings, eliminates
banjo fittings
Can be mounted straight off AN fitting or at 90° angle
Hose angles can be rotated to almost any position
Custom hose lengths available
FR1610
PART SHOWN:
PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION
FR1610 FR Power Rack & Pinion - 30” Pressure &
Return Line
FR1625 GM Power Rack - 24” Pressure and Return
Line
FR1623 GM Power Box or Rack going to Integral
Reservoir Pump
Flaming River now manufactures Braided Stainless
Hose Kits for our Power Steering Systems.
Power steering pumps require a hose with a vacuum rating of 28 INCHES/HG on the inlet side, and a minimum ½”inside diameter.
This is required to keep the hose from collapsing at higher RPMs. As seen in Photo 1 to the left, common hydraulic hose may have
a -10 fitting on them, but the inside diameter is smaller than -6 (.265”). This will damage the pump because there is no way for the
pump to intake enough fluid to meet its requirement through such a small hole.
Push-lock hose may be the proper inside diameter, but the vacuum rating is only 18 INCHES/MG. As the fluid warms up, this
rating actually goes down. Push-lock hose will suck shut anywhere there is a bend in it, starving the pump of fluid and can
cause severe damage to the internals of the pump. See Photo 2. The -6 pressure hose, leaving the pump, must have an operating
pressure of 2,250 psi. and an inside diameter of .31”. Common hydraulic hose may have the proper operating range, but their
inside diameter is slightly smaller.
See Photo 3. The smaller diameter can restrict the flow to the steering
gear. This can cause problems in your steering, such as tight spots in
the turns and increased driver effort.Also make sure the -10 feed line
from the reservoir tank, remote tanks only, has a ½” inside diameter.
Some companies have been importing tanks to the U.S. that have a 3/8”
inside diameter. This will restrict flow to the pump and will damage the
pump within a few races.
ALUMINUM REMOTE RESERVOIR
Our Remote Reservoirs feature a threaded cap and two machined billet
brackets. A sleek radius design will complement any engine compartment.
Recommended for use with Flaming River Power Rack
Systems, but can also be used with other Stage II Pumps.
PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION
FR1614 Power Steering Machine Finish
FR1614BK Power Steering Black Powder coat
FR1614PL Power Steering Polished
FR1615 Coolant Overflow
FR1616 Brake Fluid
P/S RESERVOIR
MACHINE FINISH
Cane-style baffle
design in Reservoir
prevents foaming
in fluid
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