Just would like to share something about the CL9 Power steering hose. Pretty sure this hasn't been discussed.
I recently had a power steering hose (Pressure Feed Hose to be exact) repaired on my Euro (as in rebuilt, with new hose but original fittings etc), since then at low speeds the steering shudders a bit and is a bit noisy.
Finally found out why (kudos to the guys at Honda Care):
The hose that Enzed or Pirtek uses when you repair the power steering, although it's the same dimension of hose, it doesn't (and it cant fit) have the same pressure level and restrictor on the hose, therefore after a while you will start to get noise and slight shake from the PS pump due to different fluid pressure level.
A genuine Honda PS hose is like $400 bucks... The repair cost $190 odd, if you are lucky you might be able to eBay a hose from the USA for about the same price.
So in essence, if you do have a leak on the hose, try to source a Honda genuine replacement (even 2nd harnd) rather than repair (aka rebuild).
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