Broke my steering hose plate

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Hello all, I recently replaced my steering rack and it is once again leaking. When I got down to look I saw it was coming from where the steering hoses connected to the rack. At first I thought it wasn't tightned down all the way but then noticed shiny metal :whaa:

I hope you all can see this, this is looking at it from the front:



I was thinking about smothering it with RTV sealant / gasket maker but figured you guys had a better fix. Mabey you know where to find the plate? Idk, thanks!

 

[alrock]

Not sure what to recommend, sorry. Haven't touched that part in a while, can't really remember how it goes together.

 

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Update:

I did the gasket maker twice and no luck:gaah:
The problem is there is only one way to even touch the plate and its from the front at an angle. Finding a junkyard plate also looks like a no go. The rubber hoses are crimped to the metal and theres nothing I can do. Looks like I'm gonna have to buy the whole hose setup.

sorry for the bad pic:


So, have a nice day!

 

[Bruces]

Pull your hoses and take to a shop that fabricates hoses. They can probably repair

 

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Update:

Ok well, I feel like an idiot...
The gasket maker didnt work so I went to GM and ordered a new hose set up. 6 days later and no return policy I received the new hose and realized that chunk of metal that was missing... wasn't actually missing :whaa:



Its actually a slot to slide the line out. The white cap has a standard O-ring while the red cap has an unusual 2 tone thin wall fat one (the red cap O-ring was pretty worn down so I think that was causing my leak). So its all ready for a test drive tomorrow, we'll see if it leaks. Thank you all for your time!

 

[650Hawk]

Ouch. How much did that lesson cost you? :no:

 

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Haha $100. However I would be about another $1000 or so in the hole if I took the truck into the shop for everything last month, so I think I did pretty good.