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Originally Posted by GH77
Not sure what the talk of pinch bolts is about? I'm sure I didn't have to remove anything other than the wheels?
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I remove the spring and damper to ease access to the pipes, especially the little bracket to the body, per this pic:
If the pinch bolt is free then the easy way to do it is pop the two upper arms out and lean the upright out of the way. If they aren't then the lower arm comes off. I also take out the small vertical bracket which is still in place in this pic, and the driveshaft so I can reach up behind the downpipe to get at the M8 bolt holding the pipes to the rack. This stuff is trivial in the workshop on the lift so its faster and easier to remove parts to ease access than it is to fight working around everything.
My replacement hoses are remanufactured using the good parts of the originals and are £250 exchange for all three (to forum members). That includes postage and a £50 surcharge on the old hoses which will be returned if the old hoses are suitable for recovery using the same process.
I'm using the original rack-end fitting with new hose and wheel-well-end fitting:
The original front hose is cleaned up, de-rusted and repainted if needed, and the new hose attaches to it in the wheel well as before.
The return line is also re-sealed, and then all the crimped joints are covered in heat-shrink sleeve to protect them from the elements
The parts to do it are relatively inexpensive, assuming one has a savvy hydraulic specialist to hand (not the monkeys from Pirtek!), but it is very labour intensive to dismantle the hoses, recover the good bits and then reassemble, hence the price.
Tbh, given that Tradition have the original rear part of the pressure hose for £300-ish, and the front part is usually ok, its probably just easier to buy the genuine one. That one listed is new old stock I think based on the description, rather than brand new production, so once it's gone, it's gone!