[DeTomaso] Brake Flaring Tool

[Will Kooiman]

I have some stainless brake line at home (I'm on the road - again).

When I get home, I'm going to double flare some stainless with my new tool
- just for fun.



On 11/5/12 2:20 PM, "JDeRyke at aol.com" <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

>FWIW, double flairing is only necessary if the tubing you're using is
>made 
>with a seam; the fold in a double flair tends to keep the weaker seam
>from 
>splitting. 'Std'. brake and fuel line from the '40s to present was
>originally 
>made of 'Bundy-weld'- a sheet of mild steel bent into a cylinder and
>seam-brazed. 
>Seamless tubing can be single flaired without risk, and it's nearly
>impossible to successfully double-flair stainless tubing due to
>work-hardening 
>during the first flair bend. I've never used a European   ISO or
>'bubble-flair' 
>tool but it appears to be easier on tubing than U.S double-flair. The
>Euro 
>tubing is also slightly smaller in OD than U.S. tubing so most of our
>flairing tools don't grip it tight enough to work very well. Cheers- J
>Deryke
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