This is a follow-up to a thread that I made a while ago regarding an EVO DTD coil over reservoir failure we had on Rubicat. On one of our wheeling trips, we made a stop and found a pretty good size leak coming from the passenger side rear reservoir.
After getting back home and cleaning things up, we found that the leak was coming from a hole in the reservoir hose. Even though the body sits a whole 1/8" or so away from the hose at ride height, the JK has true body mounts in that they're isolators and this allowed the body to move up and down enough to make contact with the hose and chafe its way through.
Here's a better shot of the damaged hose after pulling the coil over off of Rubicat.
I checked the driver side to see if the same thing was happening and can tell you that I just caught it in the nick of time. After making repairs to the damaged coil over and reinstalling it on Rubicat, I moved both reservoirs forward and had them secured in place using just the one hose clamp. It isn't an ideal setup as it can cause warping of the reservoir and allow nitrogen and oil to get past the IFP but, that would be easier to deal with than another damaged hose.
It took me a lot longer to address than I had hope but today, I finally got around to cutting off the reservoir mounts and relocated them to prevent the hose from making any contact with the tub.
Anyway, it's nothing earth shattering and really, I'm just posting this up more to document the work I've done so that I have a record of it.
After getting back home and cleaning things up, we found that the leak was coming from a hole in the reservoir hose. Even though the body sits a whole 1/8" or so away from the hose at ride height, the JK has true body mounts in that they're isolators and this allowed the body to move up and down enough to make contact with the hose and chafe its way through.
Here's a better shot of the damaged hose after pulling the coil over off of Rubicat.
I checked the driver side to see if the same thing was happening and can tell you that I just caught it in the nick of time. After making repairs to the damaged coil over and reinstalling it on Rubicat, I moved both reservoirs forward and had them secured in place using just the one hose clamp. It isn't an ideal setup as it can cause warping of the reservoir and allow nitrogen and oil to get past the IFP but, that would be easier to deal with than another damaged hose.
It took me a lot longer to address than I had hope but today, I finally got around to cutting off the reservoir mounts and relocated them to prevent the hose from making any contact with the tub.
Anyway, it's nothing earth shattering and really, I'm just posting this up more to document the work I've done so that I have a record of it.
