New England Jeepz
Marketplace => Product Review => Topic started by: Ian on August 19, 2015, 07:07:02 PM
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I've had this tool for a couple years now and it is some of the best money I've spent on tools. i hadn't worked on a brake line in a least a year and i in just a couple minutes made 2 perfect flares with no effort. I've made a couple dozen flares and haven't had a bad one and i don't have to rely on pre-flared lengths either. I know posi has this and recommended it to me so i'm recommending it to you.
(http://www.eastwood.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p30179.jpg)
(http://www.eastwood.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p30179b.jpg)
http://www.eastwood.com/professional-brake-tubing-flaring-tool.html
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I enjoy running brake lines because of this tool, it's next to impossible to make a bad flare, and it's super fast.
I see the link you posted has it on sale, plus another 10% off. That's a very good price for such a well made tool.
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Awesome tool, Used Ian's extensively when I SASed my truck.
My one gripe is that you have to bench flare the lines, so if you had a very long line on a vehicle that was broken or needed to be reflared, you need to remove the line from the vehicle, you can not flare on the vehicle. I tried, didn't work. Ended up using a my traditional double flare tool. Otherwise, great piece of equipment.
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funny you said that john. i just had to remove a very long brake line so i could flare one end.
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It is the one and only drawback of the tool, otherwise, it's the bee's knee's!