Mine were both rusted, so I made some new ones, instead of paying a ridiculous amount of money to the dealership. No Joke, the cheapest I found these was 35 bucks plus shipping. Local dealerships wanted nearly 50! I went to the hardware store, and for less than 10 bucks, bought the materials I needed. This is the front, after I whacked it with a cold chisel. I circled the fitting, as its hard to distinguish the rusty fitting from the rusty housing! It was pretty stuck, I started to drill it out with a 5/16" drill. As I suspected, the drill grabbed it and the force from that freed up the rust bond. I was able to press it out then.
I started with a 3/16" brass compression fitting and about a 1 foot piece of 1/4" flexible copper tubing.
Using my drill press and a couple files, I "turned" the end down to 0.295" which is close to the stock fitting size. Its a loose press fit to the diff housing.
Now that its sized, I drilled a 1/4" hole through the brass fitting for the copper. After the drill passed though, the copper is line to line. To get a nice fit, I used a burr in my dremel to open the hole up to fit the copper line.
Next, Heat the copper and bend it around something to 90 degrees. This is an axle shaft for one of my garden tractors that I'm rebuilding (another hobby). Its about 1.5" in Diameter.
Heating the copper help prevent the tubing from collapsing. Finally, cut the ends to length and solder the brass and copper together.
I tried a little flare at the ends to help retain the rubber tubing, but it was too difficult to assemble. Since the system only runs at 5 psi, I just went without. I did clamp the tubing on the exterior, but inside the diff, its just a friction fit. That tubing doesn't move anyway. I don't have any good pictures of it installed. If ya'll want, I'll grab one next time I pull the tires off.
I started with a 3/16" brass compression fitting and about a 1 foot piece of 1/4" flexible copper tubing.
Using my drill press and a couple files, I "turned" the end down to 0.295" which is close to the stock fitting size. Its a loose press fit to the diff housing.
Now that its sized, I drilled a 1/4" hole through the brass fitting for the copper. After the drill passed though, the copper is line to line. To get a nice fit, I used a burr in my dremel to open the hole up to fit the copper line.
Next, Heat the copper and bend it around something to 90 degrees. This is an axle shaft for one of my garden tractors that I'm rebuilding (another hobby). Its about 1.5" in Diameter.
Heating the copper help prevent the tubing from collapsing. Finally, cut the ends to length and solder the brass and copper together.
I tried a little flare at the ends to help retain the rubber tubing, but it was too difficult to assemble. Since the system only runs at 5 psi, I just went without. I did clamp the tubing on the exterior, but inside the diff, its just a friction fit. That tubing doesn't move anyway. I don't have any good pictures of it installed. If ya'll want, I'll grab one next time I pull the tires off.
