Would you replace the Hydraulic hoses?
My 02 Dutch Star is getting old obviously. My question is would you replace the Hydraulic hoses (they run the fan and steering),they are the original hoses? I just replaced the heater hoses and my rad...
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Not an expert on this but do the hoses show signs of wear, cracked, seeping fluid. If you are uncomfortable about it pick up some new ones as spares or just bite the bullit and replace them. On my cars and vans I have had over the years I always changed out hoses at 100,000 miles, belts as they showed signs of cracking or sever glazing. I did have a failure on a radiator hose that had been replaced with about 20,000 miles on it. So you never know. Preventative maintenance sure is cheaper and easier than reactive maintenace on a trip on the side of the road! My RV had 63K on it when we bought it. Like everyone else I went through it and serviced what I thought had been neglected till I was comfortable taking it where ever we wanted to go.I now have about 84K on it and would load up tommorrow and take off in it!
