Power steering hi pressure hose
I think you're overthinking this. I agree, the steel tube is for ease of routing where the rubber might have been abraided or over heated, but at some point you MUST have rubber for flex.
The GOOD news about using this much steel tube is that if your tube ends are OK, there are several ways to rebuild the hose using the original steel tubes.
Weatherhead (and probably others) makes fittings like this one, an 06U-756, which crimps onto 3/8" double braid hose and has a special heavy duty steel compression end, in this case, also for 3/8" tube. You simply make up whatever length hose, then cut off the old steel tubes and tighten the compression ends onto the tube.
I can still remember when these were NOT available!!!! We used to silver-braze JIC (AN) flare fittings onto the ends of the cut-off tubes, then make up a hose to fit.
I think you're overthinking this. I agree, the steel tube is for ease of routing where the rubber might have been abraided or over heated, but at some point you MUST have rubber for flex.
The GOOD news about using this much steel tube is that if your tube ends are OK, there are several ways to rebuild the hose using the original steel tubes.
Weatherhead (and probably others) makes fittings like this one, an 06U-756, which crimps onto 3/8" double braid hose and has a special heavy duty steel compression end, in this case, also for 3/8" tube. You simply make up whatever length hose, then cut off the old steel tubes and tighten the compression ends onto the tube.
I can still remember when these were NOT available!!!! We used to silver-braze JIC (AN) flare fittings onto the ends of the cut-off tubes, then make up a hose to fit.
