hotdimmes
Hard-core CEG'er
Hopefully this will help the next poor sap who has to replace these power steering fitting hose ends.
When I got the new fitting nuts today, I gave them a careful once-over. The sealing O-ring is at the top of the fitting, inside the hex, the snap ring that secures the nut to the tubing is at the bottom. This led me to think differently about how I planned to cut off the nut. I didn't want to split the nut long-ways and risk nicking the tubing under the hex, so I cut around the nut below the hex, then just split the end that I'd freed that has the locking ring inside. Once the locking ring end of the nut is gone, the hex/O-ring end just slides off.
Thanks for this post! I just had to do this and this method totally saved my buns. I tried to be so careful and still took a huge chunk out of that tube going into the pump but it didn't matter because it was before where the O ring seals. Buttoned it all up last night and no noise or leaks!