Date:         Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:30:48 -0400
Reply-To:     Michael <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         Michael <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: 11mm brake line wrench
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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Their 7/16" flare nut wrench is a perfect fit and worked well for me.

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On Jul 10, 2013, at 17:26, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> HF doesn't sell this size, and their flare wrenches are crap anyway.  What

> can you expect for $5 a set?
> 
> Stuart
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of

> Karl Wolz
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 12:13 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 11mm brake line wrench
> 
> 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.