Hi!
Looking for a good flaring tool. Needs 1/4 and 3/16 45 degree double flares. Bought a 40 euro unbranded one and its rubbish.
Found some via Facebook but were out of stock. What have you guys used?
Cheers
Brake Flaring Tool
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Dusky
, Jan 24 2018 02:27 PM
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The Matt
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Posted 24 January 2018 - 02:51 PM
I used to have a Sykes Pickavant one, amazing tool. Might be overkill for home use. Unfortunately it got nicked from the garage I used to work at.
Sealey now do one that looks very, very similar. LINK
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Posted 24 January 2018 - 02:57 PM
there are other suppliers of the out of stock ones from Frost.
https://www.machinem...pe flaring tool
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Posted 24 January 2018 - 03:14 PM
I bought a version of one of these.........
https://www.ebay.co....AUAAOSwXSJXPGgm
You can get them with as many or as few flare dies as you want. Yes it's not cheap but it will last a lifetime. It does perfect flares and I even managed to do a flare on the car holding the main 'press' with mole grips.
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Posted 24 January 2018 - 06:45 PM
I took this one on amazon in Germany:
Does work very fine and very easy to use. Even in small places under the car. Looks the same as one example from Nicklouse.
And it does SAE and DIN type flaring, but onlw for 4.75mm tubes.
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Posted 19 February 2018 - 08:06 PM
https://www.machinem...ByABEgLHifD_BwE
I have a cheap one like this, had it years and its never let me down. even used it on steel a couple of times to get out of trouble. you just need to know how to set it up to get it to flare right, ie have the correct amount of material protruding when you clamp the pipe.
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Posted 19 February 2018 - 08:08 PM
I bought a version of one of these.........
https://www.ebay.co....AUAAOSwXSJXPGgm
You can get them with as many or as few flare dies as you want. Yes it's not cheap but it will last a lifetime. It does perfect flares and I even managed to do a flare on the car holding the main 'press' with mole grips.
Yep that’s what I use, even got dies to do the windscreen wiper tube ends too. Had it for years and wouldn’t look past it.
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