how to make brake line repairs

[robbiewhelan]

lol can of bud 

[sweedspeed18]

Awesome DIY, man. Good job.

[josh666675]

shit hole garage put compression fittings on my car...

[15gary37]

Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and skills with us. You have given me the confidence to do a Double Fare as I am in the process of replacing everything, including the brake lines, on my 2000 Silverado 1500. If you ever get to cleveland/akron i will buy you a few craft brews.

[robvk6]

MMM BEER !!!

[ronleeg641]

Notice the He could not make this video with out a bud light in it ! LOL

but i see someone else notice too !

[wafrederick]

The Mastercool set is the way to go.The Mastercool set is much faster than the manual version

[fatman2325]

@wafrederick very true but they are also much more expensive although very worth the money since they will do more than just a double flare

[Bkan5]

Probably should hold line upside down when deburr so you dont get burrs in the line.

[ojohnson]

I like that bud light

[eli3men2]

thanks .,this vid really help me out ...

[jgong8638]

thanks. I just had a brake line blow out on a 1992 mercury grand marquis, and am gonna be doin some flarin'. Beautiful Ford design flaws..

[subsonicnat]

Hi Mate, I have one of these kits, Do they make flares on STEEL, it always mentions copper???.... There is a new type of steel brake pipe that is a little softer than steel as it contains something like copper in its makeup, and makes it a little easier to work with I believe.. Subsonicnat UK.

enjoyed the video too.

[fatman2325]

@subsonicnat all the standard brake line that is used on cars is mild steel with a cpooer lining inside

[whocaresnow2]

Why does my brake line always slip out of the flaring vice when I tighten the nipple with the flaring driver - you called it a flaring yoke. ( just like you're doing at 3:30 ) ?

I've purchased two different model flaring vices and the brake always slips out.

[fatman2325]

@whocaresnow2 more than likely you aren't tightening the nuts on the flaring bar enough. but make sure that you are putting the line in the right place in the bar too

[mrstrictlygm]

Don't forget to put the threaded nut on before you flare the end, I've done this a few times in my life and its just frustrating.

[fatman2325]

@mrstrictlygm i am always doing that and yeah it is really annoying to think you are all done and then realize that you forgot the nut

[TheBadbhoy]

cool thanks

[KamD450]

i love your video man. 5 stars, but the brew just made it 10 stars easy!

[marcusarelius23]

Some good info there, thanks man. How much for one of those flaring kits?

[jheibertz]

is it possible to change the brake line with a tube or hose the same size? because i broke my break line and had to replace it and it was a b**** to get back on lol.

[fatman2325]

@jheibertz only use steel tube designed for use as a brake line any other type of tube or hose may not be able to withstand the high pressures in the sysyem and will blow out or leak at the weakest point.

[jheibertz]

@fatman2325 ok ty for telling me that.

[Begbucks]

I personally would instruct to add the flange nuts (if your app specifies it) FIRST otherwise you won't be able to add them after you flare =), & the video should have started as "Double Flare" to clarify perhaps in your title would help vs the Single flare that most people mistakenlly get - otherwise great vid!

[ted850760]

Snao On,,,you can buy better ,but you can't pay more....

[tasios77]

Awesome job man, 5 stars :) I got my kit at Advance auto parts for $30 and it does steel brake lines. Great tutorial!

[SWD2263]

good how-to. have another cold one for Dave;s Farm

[robotas78]

is this flaring tool special for steel pipe? The ones i see on e-bay mention copper, bronze etc. None mentions steel lines!

[fatman2325]

you should be able to pick up a flaring tool at any auto parts store for less than 50 dollars that will handle the mild steel tubing used for brake lines

[sOsDidit]

great video, you make it look so easy!

[chupalia]

good vid.

[lexmark136]

he said nipple... hihihihihi

that kit looks expensive... .that blows :(  gona have to pick one up soon

[fatman2325]

my kit cost 125 but you can get them for arround 50 or less at harbor freight and some parts stores plus many parts stores have a tool rental program

[lexmark136]

ahh ok thanks for the responce, I just bought a chepo mastercraft kit for $35, it flairs the tubing a bit but it doesn't make it look like what your tubing looks like... I can bend it from 4.68mm into 5.45mm. Maybe i'm too weak but thats as good as it gets..

do you use anything to bend the tube into place or do you just bend it by hand? I'm afraid of weakening the tube while bending it into place....

[fatman2325]

well i have a tubing bender but i usually bend it by hand because there isnt always room to use the tubing bender. and the only way you will damage the tubing while bending is if you try to make too tight of a bend and kink the line tight bends are where the tube benders are great but you can do most gentle bends by hand with great results

[tayb0987]

thanks alot for the video, i learnt alot, keep em comming!

[mrtasabii]

Thanks for the post!

[willythefriendlybear]

Thank You, alot better job explaining it than the auto parts guy.

[Raider2845]

Nice tutorial, thanks for the info. Love the bud light can and the George W. Bush voice lol j/k.

[adamhendrick99]

great tutorial, never made lines before, my CJ-7 needs one though, thanks for the info

[fatman2325]

thanks for the positive comment hopefully ill have time to make a few new videos soon i still need to make one about bubble flares

[goranbjeli]

Helpful video mate.Thanks a bunch.

[fatman2325]

thanks rr if you ever want to do any work on your repo truck yourself give me a sgout and ill answer any of your questions

[fatman2325]

damn my fat fingers i meant to say give me a shout and ill answer any questions you have

[gotbad]

Excellent tutorial there... Nice kit too! Good job!

RR

[gthyfah]

How about showing a metric bubble flare? And what do you think about people using soft aluminum or copper tubing instead of using propper steel brake line? I've seen a lot of bad patch up jobs on cars that are still being driven on the road. I don't care when people do redneck repairs to field cars but they shouldn't cut corners on brake or steering repairs on their daily drivers. What's the worst DIY repair job you've seen?

[fatman2325]

ill be posting a video about bubble flares as soon as i remember to grab my bubble flare kit from work and hopefully an abs video within the next few days as far as the scariest diy repair ive seen it would have to be when people use fuel line or vacuum line to replace a rusted out section and cant figure out why they still have a spongy brake pedal. really makes you think that some people shouldnt own anything that takes skill to fix lol

[bmwmac02]

Thanks, for your answer. I found that detail hard to determine from the basic direction that came with the set. Keep up the good work.

[fatman2325]

thanks if you have any other questions feel free to ask and ill do my best to give you an answer

[fatman2325]

feel free to ask questions about the process or let me know how informative the video was

[bmwmac02]

Great video. I have a Napa double flaring kit and the biggest problem I have is sometimes the line slides down if it isn't tight enough in the holder. How far to you bring the line out to start? Exactly flush with the round black end?

[fatman2325]

every flaring kit is different but most of the kits have a step machined on the flaring adapter and yes the line has to be flush with that step inorder to achieve a perfect flare