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Re: Brake Line Flaring Tool

To: Tim Mullen <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
Subject: Re: Brake Line Flaring Tool
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 18:38:29 -0500 (EST)
Parts America, PEP BOYS, and Auto Zone all lend the tool for free.
...Art

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Tim Mullen wrote:

> 
> My son's '85 El Camino developed a leak in the brake line (hole in the line), 
>and I need to
> "splice" in a new piece of 1/4 inch steel brake line to replace the bad 
>section.  I don't want to have to replace the whole line, because 1) the rest 
>of it's in good shape, and 2) I'd never be able to route a new line up, down, 
>around, and through everything like the stock line.  
> 
> My problem is that my flaring tool (standard bar clamps from both sides; 
>"cone" is screwed into the tubing) will not hold the new tubing tightly enough 
>to flare the end (it pushes out of the clamp), let alone do a double flare.  
>Any one have any suggestions as to where I can get a heavy duty flaring tool 
>(that can also do double flares) at a reasonable cost.  If it can do it in 
>tight spaces, that's a plus.  Since this is the first time in my life I've 
>ever had to do a brake line, I don't need a super heavy duty, "do it for a 
>living" tool, just one that will work well.  If I have to go to Snap-on (or 
>equivalent) I will, but price is the second priority after "do it right"...
> 
> Tim Mullen
> 
> 
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