Eastwood brake line flaring tool

The bends in the line may keep you from being able to slide it on from the other end too. So make sure you have the fitting on the line, it is of the correct size and it is facing the right direction. Be careful though, it is possible to break the die if you tightening too much. Pull the handle and the first step of the double flare is done. No need to put your whole weight into it and try to bend the handle, just pull till you feel a little resistance, then keep pulling a bit more until it the lever stops.

Just pull the handle again the way you did in operation 1 and you are done. That really is all there is to it. Flaring hard lines is one of those jobs that is nearly impossible without good tools, but easy once you have them. A bubble flair line is exactly the same process, just with different dies on the turret.

Here are two examples of flares gone wrong. On the right is a double flare that was done with too much of the line left sticking out of the die before flaring. On the left is a single flare that was over flared. The metal has been pushed out so far that it has begun to tear at the edge. Besides flaring Eastwood has other tools to make custom brake and fuel line plumbing easier, too. For making bends in full custom lines, nothing is easier than the Triple Head degree Tubing Bender.

Just grab the tube in the correct size head and start bending. The Brake Line Forming Tool is perfect for tweaking old line, or even new ones. This tool can save a lot of frustration and stripped threads. Just be extra careful not to kink the lines when using improved tools like these.

You can easily bend a stiff wire to follow the route the tubing should take, even while under a car. Brake Gray paint is impervious to brake fluid. No damage to tubing that can happen with other tools. High intention fibre material can even bend 0. RestoSupplies own range of must have tools for the workshop.

High strength fibre material can even bend 0. Guarantee a perfect flare every time by deburring the rough cut end of the tube The first step to flaring a custom brake or fuel line is having perfectly clean ends before you start.

Due Mid February. Product review: Eastwood brake line flaring tool. Thread starter DoctorDawg Start date Oct 11, DoctorDawg Veteran Member. The steel brake lines have rusted out on my wife's ole '95 Dodge Ram, so I'm in the process of replacing them. I thought about having a shop do it because it's a pretty fussy job, but decided to do it myself. The product is very well made, very substantial, intelligently designed, and you would have to be a mental incompetent in order to fail to make perfect flares every time.

If you ever decide to tackle your own brake lines and you don't yet have the tools you need, this is the flaring tool you want. Powder Hound Top Post Dawg. My only question is, do you need metric sized stuff dies, lines for the lines on a VW?