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Apr 13, 2005 | 05:37 PM

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tektrans

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Originally Posted by samiam

Without the pump, there is equal and opposite pressure and vacuum created by the piston/seals within the rack. Looping the lines together can be as simple as tieing the lines together with a plastic m/m connector and a few clamps. The reason behind this is so that fluid can transfer from one side of the rack to the other while keeping the seals lubricated so seal failure doesn't occur. Only problem with tieing the lines together is you cannot bleed air out of the lines. This can lead to failure of the seals overtime and spongy feeling in the rack from a mixture of air and fluid.

An easy alternative is to keep the reservoir and run both sides of the lines to the reservoir and keep it filled with fluid. This can be easily modified by using standard rubber lines (fluid approved) and run them to each nipple on the reservoir.

Fluid will easily transfer from one side of the rack to the other while purging any air within the system just it was setup stock. Your just removing the power assisted high-pressure introduced from the pump.

Yes but that means more weight, which is a main reason for removing the pump in the 1st place.

Apr 13, 2005 | 06:58 PM

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Jake the SSnake

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Here is a pic from the bottom of my car there is slightly less contact with the water pump but not enough to matter. This is the only area where the belt routing changes the rest is self explanatory. And most auto part stores will let you exchange the belt if it doesn't fit for one that will.You can see the point where the bottom alt bolt was contacting the belt b4 i removed it.Sorry about the upside down pic