Header more or less says it, but the detail is:
2004 LX470, 210K miles, Northern VA year-rounder so she sees salt etc. AHC works fine *except* that the DS rear AHC hard line is leaking badly about 3-4" before it meets the accumulator / controller body on the frame rail. Failure is pretty clearly due to rust. Now that I'm under there, the other three AHC shock supply lines look similar. Brake and fuel lines look ok for now and the globes are fair.
I'm reading that the lines are NLA, plus very difficult to replace without lifting the body?
Assuming I'd like to keep AHC as the first option, what are my options for repair:
1) Can I massage the old lines off and have a hydraulic shop just make new ones?
2) Does anyone know what the end fittings are? I can measure the one at near accumulator of course, the one at the shock end is harder to get to... is it proprietary or just a standard hydraulic something?
3) Can the fitting end at the top of the shock be undone without dropping the shock or is it some sort of one-piece 90 degree into the shock body?
4) Other words of wisdom / options?
Anyone have a take-off set laying around?
Worst case I can always to convert to springs of course, but since everything else works well (I've kept up on AHC maintenance over the years) would like to start with repair options.
2004 LX470, 210K miles, Northern VA year-rounder so she sees salt etc. AHC works fine *except* that the DS rear AHC hard line is leaking badly about 3-4" before it meets the accumulator / controller body on the frame rail. Failure is pretty clearly due to rust. Now that I'm under there, the other three AHC shock supply lines look similar. Brake and fuel lines look ok for now and the globes are fair.
I'm reading that the lines are NLA, plus very difficult to replace without lifting the body?
Assuming I'd like to keep AHC as the first option, what are my options for repair:
1) Can I massage the old lines off and have a hydraulic shop just make new ones?
2) Does anyone know what the end fittings are? I can measure the one at near accumulator of course, the one at the shock end is harder to get to... is it proprietary or just a standard hydraulic something?
3) Can the fitting end at the top of the shock be undone without dropping the shock or is it some sort of one-piece 90 degree into the shock body?
4) Other words of wisdom / options?
Anyone have a take-off set laying around?
Worst case I can always to convert to springs of course, but since everything else works well (I've kept up on AHC maintenance over the years) would like to start with repair options.