92 sc 300: anybody else have this problem and if you did, any better remedies to fix other than replacing with oem?

 

take off hydraulic hose and take it to a shop that specializes in AC,power steering hoses,hydraulic hoses etc. My son recently had a bad power steering hose (leaking) on his 92 SC300. It was fairly easy to take off. He took it to a local shop in Austin and had a new one fabbed up for around $80, 24hr turn around. Much cheaper than Lexus wanted for an OEM one. Worked perfectly

 

thanks, i'll try and find one out here in Cali....anyone know of a place near Valencia California??? thanks for your help and greatly appreciate it...

 

I need to fix/replace mine... How much are they through the dealership? I'm going to call a dealsership tomorrow to find out the net price for one...

 

List prices:
92-94 ~$554
95-00 ~$463

Obviously can get it cheaper from one of the vendors here though. Try calling one of your dealers tomorrow and laugh in their face when they tell you the prices lol.

 

called them this morning,,, Net price is still $430 from their retail price of $560... Wow, pretty steep part...

 

yep....track down that indy shop....you should not have to pay anymore than $100. It's a piece of rubber and aluminum. It ain't made of titanium.

 

driftmotion.com

 

I wonder how much is the Toyota Supra oem part is? Should be practically the same part, but sold as Toyota rather than Lexus mark up name... Guess I'll give the dealership a call tomorrow to find out the net price is on it...

 

you guys are great!...i'll try and call and get some prices too...or better yet, is there a way to just get rid of the whole oem piece and just go aftermarket?.....like say with a cooler and custom lines? anyone know?

 

just checked this website, $65 for an upgraded steel braided power steering hose..!. that is cheap...! Looks like it can handle way better than our over- priced, prone to the same common problems oem ones...

 

Edit: I think that driftmotion part would have been worked for me, however, there may have been a banjo fitting attached to my hose, you'll have to look at your entire piece.

Regardless, in my case, I brought the whole damn thing into a hydraulic repair shop that repairs fittings, make sure in advance they stocked metric fittings. (Google or other search key words hydraulic repair.) Mine was fixed for $38 at a San Jose CA based hydraulic repair shop's walk up counter top. They repair tractor hose, wood chipper hose, dump truck hose. They really could give a crap if its from a Lexus or a CAT bulldozer, its two fittings a 24" of hose, crimp and go. They don't care and don't charge and arm and a leg. If you can do your brakes, you can do this repair.

You'd have done yourself a favor and searched a little on this whole leak topic before starting a new thread. You certainly were not the first with this problem. Here are three threads on the exact topic:

Pay particular attention to the first thread. The Driftmotion part seemed not be be the right part. It would have been nice if the guy who started the thread would have told us how it sorted out in the end:

stainless steel power steering line modification for SC's

started thread and said: $400 for a power steering repair??? no.....

SC400 high pressure hose parts HELP!

About the driftmotion part, I've never seen anyone claim that a 90 degree fitting improved flow: "New design uses 90 deg fittings to improve flow", don't know about you, but I use straight through.

 

Called Toyota dealership this morning, net price is $264 from their list price of $384... Lot better compared to the lexus name mark up...

 

You must have inquired about the one for a supra. Not sure if they are exactly the same as the SC ones, but should be similar.

 

I had mine replaced with a custom fabbed hose thru my local shop. Total bill; $170. Probably better than stock and no worries about "will it fit?".