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4.5
Replaced the hoses on my 2008 G37S coupe last weekend. It is not a fun job - and I had use of a two-post lift!To be honest, a lot of time was taken cleaning - the leak had been there for quite a while, and the passenger side of the engine compartment and aft were pretty well coated with oil and sand.The Sunsong hose looks to be made of quality materials, and the hose set came with new banjo bolt crush washers, an O-ring for the flare fitting, a cap to protect that fitting until installation, and a couple of clamps and grommets for mounting to the body.However, it is not the same as the OEM hose. The original has a second section of rubber hose coming from the pump, whereas the Sunsong has steel pipe. That renders the OEM clamps nearly useless, and the supplied clamps don't fit anywhere in the car.Also, the steel pipe section that passes under the bell housing has several bends in it. They don't correspond with the path needed in my car. The pipe runs a good ways away from the rear clamp - but that didn't matter, the mounting screw broke off when I tried to remove the bracket.The good news is that the ends of both hoses were correct, and the rubber hose (pump) end and the steering rack sections of the high pressure hose were plenty long enough to reach their mounts. I ended up using zip-ties to hold the two hoses to the forward bracket, as we couldn't get them to cooperate and line up to get the bolt started. BTW, there is very little room there to work.The Youtube channel, ERICSDIYGARAGE has a pretty good video of the procedure. However, that is for a G35, which appears to be a bit different - like, the mounting clamps are not the same.
