Anyone got any bright ideas?
In the past Rusty Nuts has offered the use of his flare tool - but he's 50 miles away from me!
I have to cut the tube between my Lucas wiper wheel-boxes, and make a new flare. Unfortunately, I don't have a flaring tool that can do the
job.
Anyone got any bright ideas?
In the past Rusty Nuts has offered the use of his flare tool - but he's 50 miles away from me!
Drill a hole in a block of ally/steel/hardwood the same size as the tube, countersink it. Cut it half through the centre of the hole. Clamp the tube
in the block with a bit poking-up into the countersunked bit, put a ball bearing in the end and donk it with a nammer.
ETA I recall doing something similar for a power steering pipe but I used a blunt phillips screwdriver instead of a ball bearing. I just tapped the
screwdriver, turned it a bit and tapped it again. Repeat to fade......
[Edited on 20/3/10 by owelly]
I used a tappered punch, just clamped it and gave it a couple of deft blows with the hammer, a brake flaring tool would also do it
A whole 50 miles away 
I just clamped it up - didn;t bother to Flare.
I put the tube in the vice and used a tapered punch. Worked well. Most people havent bothered tapering i dont think just clamp it tight. I wasnt going to bother but thought id give it a whirl with a punch.
Solved the problem with a bit of lateral thinking last night, while lying in bed and just nodding off! 
I have a piece of tube that's 3.5" too long. I need a flare at both ends. The tube already has flares at each end and is 5/16" o.d.
steel.
Answer: chop 3.5" out of the middle, and make a steel sleeve to go over the join. Chamfer the cut ends of the tube to make sure that the rack
won't catch, and Robert's your mother's brother.
cut wiper tube
I now have an adjustable tube that can be fixed with Loctite when I'm certain of the length I need.
tube in place
And, before anyone says it, I KNOW the wheelboxes go under the scuttle top - I was just trying stuff for size.
[Edited on 21/3/10 by David Jenkins]
Just wait until you get caught in a real downpour. You WILL need wipers on the inside of the screen!
This car's been on the road for 5 or 6 years - only once has it been in a real downpour!
It's a genuine fair-weather car... 
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
This car's been on the road for 5 or 6 years - only once has it been in a real downpour!
It's a genuine fair-weather car...
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Originally posted by mad4x4
I just clamped it up - didn;t bother to Flare.