Here are the new hoses after 3 years…don’t mind the white crap we were wet sanding.

like I said I’ll be replacing hoses from dry rot before the brass gives up.


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Buy fittings here.
Take them to your local hydraulic hose guy and have them crimped on.

https://www.hydraulicsdirect.com/JIC.../ss-hy-fjx.htm

thats gets you back to 100$+ a hose lol

Yep. Latham sells them for $25 each. Then my local hydraulic shop says they don’t have hoses to fit.

Amazon hose only has brass ends. I called yesterday.

I just called Amazon Hose and talked with RON. Ask for him at 813-223-7554. If you didn't specify what ends you wanted, regular steel ends would be installed. If you wanted stainless steel ends, they would order them. All ends are crimped. Eaton hose. BRASS ends are for auto application. But if it's brass you want, brass you get........

Amazon hose is no different than any other hydraulic hose shop in the country. Everyone orders the same crap from the same vendors. It’s Eaton aerotec hose with JIC fittings. My guess is the prices already quoted here will be the same. Likely $30-40 per fitting plus hose and install. Making it a $100 hose.

I don't know if their parts are the same as others. Just like you don't. I can tell you that I've been going to Amazon Hose for 36 years. As a mechanic for a heavy equipment company and for my personal needs. I never had a problem with any of there quality parts or workmanship. And when it was said that they only carry brass ends, I knew that wasn't true and didn't want people reading this to get the wrong idea. With so many CRAPPY companies/personal out there, It's good to know that this particular place is stand up. As for price, Amazon couldn't give me one because I didn't know the hose length and size fitting or JIC/SAE. They typically are a bit higher in price. But so is their quality.

Now I'm glad that this subject came up because I'm interested in Full Hydraulic steering kit and reading this thread I had some questions. So I called Latham, IMCO and Hardin Marine. One of the questions I asked them was if their hose ends where Stainless at the outdrive ram section.
Latham ends are brass with a chrome plate they said.
IMCO ends are stainless JIC applied to a rubber hose exterior/interior reinforces with stainless steel in-between. Being that $100 was mentioned at Latham, I told Fred at IMCO that. He told me that was 4x IMCO's price. Fred also told me that they can make hose up.
Talked with Scott at Hardin Marine(owner I believe) His Mayfair product hose has the stainless Steel braid on the outside with Stainless Steel JIC ends. For their 16 inch replacement hose, $59. $75 for their 23 inch hose....

I've used brass Aeroquip reusable fittings on hoses on marine steering fo 30+ years. Non power hydraulic steering.
Copper tubing is common in this app,. certainly not 3000 psi.

A little advice on using SS hoses. If the hoses touch any of the gel, they will likely rub through the gel over time. Maybe not visible in the straight on position, but when turning, there may be some light contact. Even the rubber coated hoses over time will cause visible wear marks. Just FYI. For what it's worth.

See if you can get ahold of Zeiger Steering systems in Sandusky/Huron Ohio. Steve is the man and knows exactly what you need. I was just thru this with the special fittings, and he hooked me up with cloth braided Continental hoses and fittings made right to length. Quality stuff all around.

Also, I was hooked on SS hoses, but talked out of it for the reasons above. Glad I went with what I did.