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StephanieGA
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Need more help. Big surprise, huh?

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Looking for these parts. Don't even know what to call one of them but it broke and now needs to be replaced. It is highlighted with red in the pic below
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And the other one is steering related. It seems to be parts 22 and 23 of the image below. Hubby says the girl's bearing seems to be separating. Currently being held together with a hose clamp the PO put on.

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Any insight would be helpful.

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Well the one parts is a molded piece, it is the main check valve for the brake booster.
I may be able to get to-pull-a-part to see if they have one, but I think i have one off of my 89.. I can go look for it this week. The trouble is that I have moved parts hither and yon, and don't remember seeing it when I cleaned my garage.. So it may be under my house.

The steering bearing is know to move down on the shaft. Push it back up in place and use a hose clamp or wire tie to secure it back in place and consider it a permanent fix.
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I'd be more than happy to take that part off your hands, if you find it. Hubby said the girl's was so brittle, the T part just broke off in the hose.

As for the steering bearing, the girl's is coming apart. Still the same fix?

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That is why they call those things crack pipes. :lol:
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Briano1234 wrote:That is why they call those things crack pipes. :lol:
such a comedian!
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I have torn up my downstairs, and found a bunch of stuff that I didn't know I had, as in a front license plate holder for a clipper..but I can't find the crack pipe. I haven't run to pull-a-part yet but that is on my list of things to do.... have to get the house ready for future in-laws...... but I took about an hour to look, inside my garage and what not.....still couldn't find it.
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Re: Need more help. Big surprise, huh?

Post by StephanieGA »

Thanks for looking. Is it a junk yard part only? Can I get it elsewhere? I don't even know what it's called. I don't think I could google cabby crack pipe! :lol: No telling what would come up.

Also, clamp on the steering bearing is not working. It is already loose and fallen down again. Any other ideas?

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It is a vacuum hose that runs from the brake booster to the throttle body.

Clamp fell, buy a new one and tighten it with a socket...
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