| Brake line flares [message #339945] |
Sat, 05 January 2019 12:42  |
jhbridges
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
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P'raps someone has the skinny on the various flares used on steel lines. My coach has double flares on the line ends. I just ran into something called an ISO bubble flare on my daughter's car so I picked up a cheap flaring tool from Advance and practiced a bit. A drop of oil on the anvil and Polyarmor <tm> bubbles nicely after a bit of practice. Now, it looks as though the bubbles take less pressure on the fitting to seal. And that leads to wondering is it worth 'bubbleing' new lines so they don't take quite as much grunt to get them pressure tight? One mechanic bud says he used to simply double flare lines and leave the flare not quite touching inside the funnel part of the line, and then using them on ISO fittings with good results before he got the proper flaring tool. What's the relative value of the different flares anyway?
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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