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Big difference between cheap wrenches and better quality ones. Flare wrenches are great, but you can really buggar up a nut using HF wrenches. I know, some of their stuff is fine, but some of it is crap, and it's impossible to tell which is which till you've bought it. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On Jul 10, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Project Pat <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > That's a great idea. > I usually put the vice grips on the flare nut b/c as others have mentioned, > line wrenches don't work, they just strip. > > Will have to try this technique next time. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Gregory Smith > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 11:20 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: 11mm brake line wrench > > A trick I often use with brake line nut wrenches is to place the proper > wrench on the nut, then clamp the wrench with a vice-grip type of > locking pliers. This helps keep the line nut wrench from spreading > under extreme force. Really helps when working on 35 y.o. Fiats. And > Vanagons. |
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