Oppo, please help (oddly specific wrenching question)

"winterlegacy, here 'till the end" (winterlegacy) 07/20/2020 at 13:00 • Filed to: help me oppo-wan kenobi, Subaru, wrenching

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I’ve been hung up on my power steering pump replacement job for a while by one right bastard of a bolt that sits in the bottom of the power steering pump. In all of the videos I’ve seen of someone replacing the power steering pump on a late 90s Subaru, they’ve had a clear shot at the bolt in the bottom of the tank. I, however, have something different.

Behold my terrible MSPaint drawing:

I see you’ve survived. Alright, so a quick explanation: firstly, this is definitely not to scale and probably not in the exact positions that everything is at, I’m working off of memory here. Secondly, the colors - the red dot is the bolt I want to unscrew,the black line jutting off to the edge is the return line, and the orange line is a filter that’s attached to the end of the return line inside of the tank.

I haven’t seen anything that would let me remove the filter, and I can’t get a wrench around the filter, and I can’t get pliers down to the bottom to try and unscrew it that way (even if I did, it’s coated in ATF, so it’d probably just slip.)

I know there’s a few people on Oppo who know a thing or two about Subarus -- please share your knowledge so I can get this heap out of the garage again.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 07/20/2020 at 13:12

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Can you get a crows foot wrench around the filter

PowderHound > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 07/20/2020 at 13:20

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Have you tried swearing at it and having small hands?

He re is a link to the factory service manual if you don’t already have it:

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/showthread.php?2211-1999-Subaru-Legacy-FSM-(Factory-Service-Manual) -download!

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/20/2020 at 13:21

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I don’t have one of those.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > PowderHound 07/20/2020 at 13:22

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Swearing at it, yes.

Having small hands... don’t think that’d help.

Thank you for the manual, though!

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 07/20/2020 at 13:47

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Can you get some leverage on the hard line and push it out of the way a bit? I didn’t like doing when I had to on an old Volvo, but bending the hard lines a tiny bit gave me access where I needed it 

PartyPooper2012 > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 07/20/2020 at 14:09

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seems like you should be able to reach in there with extension... got pics?

VincentMalamute-Kim > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 07/20/2020 at 14:18

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Any excuse to buy more tools.

$10

https://www.harborfreight.com/7-piece-3-8-eighth-inch-crowfoot-metric-wrench-set-94427.html

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > PartyPooper2012 07/20/2020 at 14:39

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Believe it or not, that’s the video I watched to acquaint myself with this project before going ahead and doing it.

I don’t have pics, I’ll get them when it doesn’t feel like 100*F in the garage and it’s not 90*F outside with truckloads of humidity.

I tried an extension and the 3/8ths drive is too wide for it.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 07/20/2020 at 15:11

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 It ideal, do you have a couple of wobble fittings?

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/20/2020 at 18:28

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I dredged through the toolboxes at my disposal and found a 3/8 inch to 1/4 inch adapter. That solved the problem as I was able to use narrower 1/4 inch stuff.

Jayvincent > PartyPooper2012 07/20/2020 at 19:22

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for anyone who doesn’t want to watch the whole video, the relevant bit is at 8:30-8:40

66P1800inpieces > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 07/21/2020 at 08:30

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Wobble impact.The thin shaft should fit within the center line you have.

https://www.harborfreight.com/6-in-impact-rated-wobble-socket-adapter-set-3-pc-64769.html

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > 66P1800inpieces 07/21/2020 at 09:59

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I got it out already, but thanks for the recommendation for a tool.

You can never have enough tools