How to flare brake lines?
Mark L. Chang
mchang at ee.washington.edu
Wed Jan 22 11:27:06 EST 2003
great pictorial site:
http://www.joesfalcon.com/gentip2/gentip2.html
other sites:
http://www.izook.com/tech/discbrakes/doubleflare.htm
http://avstop.com/AC/apgeneral/TUBEFORMINGPROCESSES.html
(near the bottom)
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 01:03:03PM +0000 or thereabouts, radek at istar.ca wrote:
> Hello fellow Audifans.
>
> I'm a bit ashamed of my ignorance, but I guess there's a first time
> for everything. I have to join some brake lines and for that, I need
> to produce flare ends. I bought a "Double Flaring Tool Kit" and I'm
> not sure how to use it. It contains a big cone which will produce a
> trumpet end, but also a number of small dies of different sizes. What
> are these dies for and are they used BEFORE or AFTER I make the
> trumpet with the big cone?
>
> Also, the flaring tool is imperial, not metric. No store in town
> would have a metric one. I'm going to use 3/16 brake line, hoping
> it's close enough. Anyway, it's the flared end that produces the
> seal. Am I right? Thanks for any suggestions.
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