Jasper
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| posted on 23/12/02 at 01:40 PM |
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Brake pipe flaring
Bought myself a brake pipe flaring kit as a Christmas present (I know how to look after myself!)
The question is, what flares do I need to use. Seems they mostly need to be male, and a couple of double onto the flexible hoses. Does this seem
right? Or do I just use doubles everywhere???
PS, I bought a cheap one - Laser - made about 3 practice flares b4 the flaring insert snapped and one of the wing-nut tighteners jammed. When will I
learn to buy decent tools! Chap at the Factors is gonna swap it for me...
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Stu16v
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| posted on 23/12/02 at 02:13 PM |
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The way to tell which flare is reguired is by simply looking into the hole where the brake pipe will be seated. Most T pieces etc need a single flare,
but joins to flexi pipes usually require a double flare. But do check first.....
HTH Stu.
Dont just build it.....make it!
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Alan B
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| posted on 23/12/02 at 02:38 PM |
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Jasper, I did a sketch called flares in my archive...it may help a bit.
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Jasper
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| posted on 23/12/02 at 08:49 PM |
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Thanks chaps - now I've actually started looking at the joints this evening it did all slowly dawn ..... that's what comes of asking the question b4
thinking about it first.
And thanks Alan - I will go have a look...
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johnston
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| posted on 23/12/02 at 10:05 PM |
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jasper your supposed to buy people u dont like shitty presents dont bother swappin it get your money back cos the new one will snap a die soon enough
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save up and get a proper one for your birthday 
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bob
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| posted on 23/12/02 at 11:36 PM |
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Jasper
the best tip i had was a bit of grease betwwen die and pipe,makes it all go very smoothly .
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 23/12/02 at 11:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
Bought myself a brake pipe flaring kit as a Christmas present (I know how to look after myself!)
The question is, what flares do I need to use. Seems they mostly need to be male, and a couple of double onto the flexible hoses. Does this seem
right? Or do I just use doubles everywhere???
PS, I bought a cheap one - Laser - made about 3 practice flares b4 the flaring insert snapped and one of the wing-nut tighteners jammed. When will I
learn to buy decent tools! Chap at the Factors is gonna swap it for me...
Jasper -
Did you get a set of instructions with it, or are you guessing how to use it?
My first crappy one broke. It came with no instructions, and if you used it the way it look like you did it was totally wrong!
I bought an identical one, found out how to use it, and it gives perfect flares every time.
Technique is important. I wont waste time describing here if you have instructions. Let me know if you do need more pointers.
atb
steve
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