brake line flaring tool

qwakers · Apr 25, 2023

can anyone recommend a flaring tool that's suitable for steel brake lines and is at the budget end of the budget? need to modify a line on the race car and would prefer not to have to remake the entire thing.

dan.taylor.1 · Apr 25, 2023

The cheap sets say they'll do steel but I think you'd struggle. We had a big sykes flare tool meant for mounting in a vice at the garage I worked at. Occasionally had to use it on the car, took 2 lads, one to hold it with big grips and the other to flare, still hit and miss if you got a good flare on steel though.

Joe 90 · Apr 25, 2023

The cheap ebay ones like this will put an end on metal pipes no problem. Rather than wrecking the threads trying to over tighten it, stick a pair of vice grips on at each end to help clamp it where I've marked,

No problem at all.
I never seen a tool yet that wouldn't put an end on a metal brake pipe. If it slips just put a wee smear of fine grinding paste in the track and it'll definitely never move.

welder_dave · Apr 25, 2023

I use one the same as above a good few times a week. never had an issue flaring steel pipe.

welder_dave · Apr 25, 2023

oh, and the 'special punch grease' is just red rubber grease.

qwakers · Apr 25, 2023

good to know, now i need to figure out what size pipe is fitted as standard on a rx8

Ubique · Apr 25, 2023

Get the Laser tools version of the above (6728), I've used mine on steel pipes for the last five or six years with no issues, just remember to remove the coating on the bit you're flaring.

roblane65 · Apr 25, 2023

Good thread I'm after a tool as well I'm going to have a couple of pipes to do on the range rover in the summer .......

addjunkie · Apr 25, 2023

roblane65 said:
Good thread I'm after a tool as well I'm going to have a couple of pipes to do on the range rover in the summer .......

Its a Range rover, just pay-a poor person! Opps you own a Range rover once you've paid him you will be the poor person.

roblane65 · Apr 25, 2023

addjunkie said:
Its a Range rover, just pay-a poor person! Opps you own a Range rover once you've paid him you will be the poor person.

Now Now .......... :laughing:

Ubique · Apr 25, 2023

roblane65 said:
Good thread I'm after a tool as well I'm going to have a couple of pipes to do on the range rover in the summer .......

In most cases you're better off getting the genuine pipes, they're surprisingly cheap and correctly formed - for example L322 L/H front to rear is ~£30 inc vat retail.
There are repair sections available for some models (L319/320 for example), they just need the existing pipe cutting & flaring to suit - again, not massively expensive, last time I did some they were about £45 inc vat retail. Make sure you get new plastic clips, they tend to get brittle with age.

roblane65 · Apr 25, 2023

Last time I asked at the stealers parts person said " not availible easier to just make them " !

qwakers · Apr 25, 2023

roblane65 said:
Good thread I'm after a tool as well I'm going to have a couple of pipes to do on the range rover in the summer .......

ohh topic derail

what rangerover do you have?

(my old one.) VERY RARE 4.0 v8 manual.

Ubique · Apr 25, 2023

Your profile pic looks like a L322, they're definitely available - I fitted some genuine ones last month. Better to get from a local dealer as they're not particularly carrier-proof, the parts cages protect them (mostly) well enough and if they're damaged, you obviously don't have to accept them rather than mess about with a distance seller....

roblane65 · Apr 25, 2023

Ubique said:
Your profile pic looks like a L322, they're definitely available - I fitted some genuine ones last month. Better to get from a local dealer as they're not particularly carrier-proof, the parts cages protect them (mostly) well enough and if they're damaged, you obviously don't have to accept them rather than mess about with a distance seller....

yep L322.
the two fronts were advisorys last mot it's just a short bit to the start of the flexi

qwakers said:
ohh topic derail

what rangerover do you have?

(my old one.) VERY RARE 4.0 v8 manual.
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My avatar 06 MY 4.2 supercharged ............... :doh:

The silly 22" went made it drive like a turd it's on original supercharged alloys now .

Ubique · Apr 25, 2023

qwakers said:
ohh topic derail

what rangerover do you have?

(my old one.) VERY RARE 4.0 v8 manual.
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Rare in UK indeed! there were a lot of them bought by the FCO and used as dip. vehicles & escorts - somehow the manual 'box was felt to be more rugged and therefore suited to foreign climes... I'm not sure those are the correct wheels for the year though - maybe it's the colour that makes them stand out to me?.

Ubique · Apr 25, 2023

roblane65 said:
yep L322.
the two fronts were advisorys last mot it's just a short bit to the start of the flexi

My avatar 06 MY 4.2 supercharged ...............
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The silly 22" went made drive like a turd it's on original supercharged alloys now .

Very nice! - the wheels do look, 'strange'... I've got an 08MY TDV8 3.6 with L405 20" wheels, they fill the arch much better than the standard 19" IMO
I do like driving the SC, don't put a gas conversion on it - it slowly kills them....

roblane65 · Apr 25, 2023

I wouln't dream of it

I think the motor makes the car what it is and I do my best to keep on top of it . its starting to show it's age a bit now

Ubique · Apr 25, 2023

roblane65 said:
I wouln't dream of it I think the motor makes the car what it is and I do my best to keep on top it . its starting to show it's age a bit now

I bought mine as a trade-in with lots of issues, it had basically been neglected for several years. Admittedly I'm in a good position to bring it back to life (trade parts & free labour) but it hasn't been excessively expensive HP fuel pump, front suspension arms, struts, rear dampers, inlet manifolds plus transmission flush & all other fluids - all of which I knew about before I bought it with ~150k on the clock, a few other smaller issues (TPMS, climate seats, FBH glow plug) and a replacement upper tailgate due to corrosion, I've spent £1800 on parts - but it's now just servicing & maintenance, oh, and the rear wheelarches, obviously!

Here it is before I bought it, the wheels are the originals (yuk!) Job 1 was to get rid of the sidesteps

doubleboost · Apr 25, 2023

leslie7324 said:
The cheap ebay ones like this will put an end on metal pipes no problem. Rather than wrecking the threads trying to over tighten it, stick a pair of vice grips on at each end to help clamp it where I've marked,View attachment 395962 No problem at all.
I never seen a tool yet that wouldn't put an end on a metal brake pipe. If it slips just put a wee smear of fine grinding paste in the track and it'll definitely never move.

This type simply works

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