Tube Tech: Perfect Flares Easily - V8TV

http://www.v8tvshow.com - Flaring lines for brakes and fuel systems can be a pain, and properly sealing double flared fittings are essential for safety. Traditional clamp-style flare tools can be tricky to master, often times creating imperfect double flares forcing you to re-bend a new line. However, we'll never have a bad flare again in our shop.. this Eastwood Professional double flare tool not only makes perfect double flares every time, but it's so easy to use, you could do it blindfolded. Really.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Brake
• lines
• flaring
• tool
• double
• flare
• fuel
• Eastwood
• V8TV

[V8TV]

You can get one from Eastwood. eastwood . com.

[Vishnunairg90]

How much does it cost?



[EastwoodCo]

Eastwood Part Number 25304.  Eastwood Pro Brake Tubing flaring Tool. Eastwood.com. Thanks.

[BryanWells]

What is the part number.  I can't seem to find this tool on Eastwood.

[757WN]

I've got the Sealey PT/02 version of this tool. The 'original'. (Just got it.) That said, the two halves of the die are a good 1/16" of an inch apart to allow 3/16" pipe to fit in there. Won't that space allow for deformity of the pipe? In other words, as I clamp down on the die, won't the pipe 'squeeze' out or at least weaken in the space between the two dies.

Is such a space normal??? Thanks.

[Go5ooh]

Nice post! Randall, if you haven't re-bayed the tool, let me know. Thx!

[RandallFlaggNY]

Kevin,

I'm baaaack.... My right rear brake line on my '94 Saturn 230K miles rotted out on two days ago. I'm going to buy a 25' coil of brake line and bend it to shape.

In the past I used those hand flaring tools, with the save aggravation as you described in this video.

I watched this video last year, and mentally cataloged it. I ordered it this evening.

When I'm done with it I may re-bay it. Anyone at your shop want one?

-Randall

[Lonewolf3165]

Looks good! But I need a tool that can keep me from forgetting to put the #8@!!/* fitting on BEFORE I flare it!! Lol! Some of my best tubing flares & bends have been made just to realize I forgot to put the fitting on 1st. DOH!!

[russtty911]

almost $200? fack that, i'll stick with the $25 setup from auto zone or crappy tire. and i wouldn't need a vice. my flares are perfect everytime, that lopside stuff you talk about is from wornout tools or bad mechanics. cool tool though, it would look good sitting in my mechanics toolbox. he can work his ass off to pay for it

[KevinMillard68]

good tool if you can do the line in the bence vice but when you have to do it under the car it is not to pratical then

[nulbmanager]

I got one last week and finally used it to make some lines on my T Bucket. This is the real deal, pretty damn quick and it makes a perfect flare each time. Eastwood sells this but they have an ebay store and I got mine for 179 plus 15.95 shipping. A little expensive at first but you get what you paid for. I've broken too many of the old fashioned flaring dies and wanted to get something that was nice and simple.