Wondering if anyone here can recommend a good ~$100 ISO brake flaring tool? Unless I'm mistaken, the rigid steel brake lines for the Vanagon are NLA, even on the aftermarket. So, needing to replace several bits, I ordered a coil of the popular 3/16" cunifer brake line and a tool for making the appropriate ISO/DIN bubble flares. Following the instructions to the letter, the 4.3-star-rated tool made by a long-respected auto-tool mfr. produced consistently poor flares that I wouldn't trust on my vehicle, so I exchanged it for one costing 3x as much. Oddly, this tool produced consistently poor flares as well, but with a completely different defect, despite being from the same mfr.. There are those who say that a good ISO flare can be made by using a standard SAE, double-flare tool and simply omitting the last step which inverts the flare. I originally scoffed at this notion, but the examples I've seen online of these 'hacked' ISO flares look much more correct than those produced by the 'proper' ISO tools ... http://www.freeasestudyguides.com/brake-lines-automotive.html Anyone have (good) experience with DIY brake flares? |
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