Flexible Mind and Hose

Moving into the automotive area...My Toyota 1997 RAV 4 blew a hose for the power steering. I thought I could fix it myself so I went to get a replacement hose from the store. They didn't have one in stock so I got a foot of transmission hose and hoped that would do the trick. When I got home, I called to order the hose from Toyota but it cost $85.00! I guess it is heat formed or something. So I thought I would just try my transmission hose....

When I tried to install it, I had to get new clamps because the outside diameter was smaller. But I kept the  old clamps.  Once I had it on, I noticed it tried to kink.  That is bad because no fluid would flow through it. So I thought...what if I use these old clamps and put them on the kink to give it some structure.  Success....a $2.00 solution.