Best video covering this subject on KZfaq. Quick, clear, precise and without the normal 20 minute crap 'flannel' commentary about 'how to use a vice', 'how to clamp the flaring tool', etc etc. Thanks.

...good video, but to add a couple of tips: 1. I know its just a demonstration and just a minor point, but while deburring, I hold line such that deburring chips and debris does NOT fall into line (in hydraulics, cleanliness is crucial...it doesn't take much of a metal chip to slice a rubber seal!). 2. Before reshaping line, its better to lube contact area of line and die, to minimize die wear, and also allow line to slide along surfaces as it reforms line (clean off lube with solvent to prevent brake fluid contamination...bleeding will flush out any minor remaining contaminants). Cheers

If you're a reloader, a cartridge case neck deburring tool works perfect for brake lines.

Thank you, great video, no music, thank you, your voice is just fine for me, You showed me what to do and how to do it.

Very Nice Job! Great explanation, It's been over 20 year's for me since I had to do one, so this was a great refresher. Thank you so much!

Thank you for the video. Short, sweet, to the point! very helpful

Great video, thank you for creating and posting.

Simple & clear, thanks!

Very helpful, thank you for posting.

Thanks , Youre a real mechanic , we can tell by your hands..

I know its an older video, since then I've long since gone to ni-cop lines for fuel and brakes. Much easier to work with and has held up well.

Mate that was a great and informative video. Thanks for sharing. :)

Thank you for Helping all of us in our car project

Thanks,that was great.

great 👍 video my friend 😊 thank you for sharing

Nice demo 👍

Thank you sir!!!

Just ordered a couple extra of the 3/16 dies for my flaring tool. Those ones are a bit delicate and although I haven't broke one I wanted to get a couple extra. Yes, my hand is up - I indeed have made the best looking double flares ever only to realize I forgot to put on the fitting.

I haven't got one to look that good yet 👍

Thank you!

Very informative video, thank you!

I hope this legend never dies. thank you for the great in depth tips while not boring me to death.

Very helpful

This helped alot thanks!!

Nice and to the point

dude nice paint job

I decided to try out the Block Flare kit like is used in the video. My stepson made about 20 practice flares, with about an 80% failure rate. I explained to him that unless he could make the ends 100%, he shouldn't plan on using any lines he made up, to then be put on a vehicle. Because of the fact that here in Michigan, the use of salt during the winter, causes all of the underbody lines to rust-out & can turn into a nightmare. Especially in areas where both the fuel & brake lines are bracketed together & run from the front to the rear of the vehicle. I opted to buy a Hydraulic Flare Tool. The one I picked is made by MasterCool, ($350). One of the main reasons for getting this type of flaring kit is because it has all the correct Dies & Adapters, so we can make any type of line that needs replacing on vehicles. Brake Lines, Transmission Lines, Fuel Lines. The kit has all the dies & adapters required to do all those mentioned. Like anyone, I didn't like the fact that I would be starting out with a $350 investment but like I mentioned above, 1 we live in Michigan & that winter slush, salt brine is a line/underbody killer, 2 being able to be under the vehicle & flaring the ends helps out a great deal. A friend of mine who was my mechanic had a Mastercool hydraulic flare kit & I'd say it only took an hour to do our 1998 Honda Accord back in 2014. Since he had to retire from wrenching in 2018, it was either start taking the vehicle in to a shop for the repair, or do it here at home. And after my wife told me she called some shops & the best quote was $1,500 to replace all the lines from the Proportioning Valve-Down to the Calipers/rear Drums on our daughters 1996 Pontiac Grand AM. I told her no-way & please stop calling anymore shops because they're probably going to use the same tools I have, actually will have. Plus one of the last times one of out kids had an issue with their vehicle, she called a local repair shop, then the guy talked her into doing the repair, so she had her son take his car there. Great video by the way. I'll have my stepson watch your video so he can see how it should be done & how the flaring should turn out (every time).....

thank you)))

That first bending tool looks like Harbor Freight's best bender. They have another for a dollar cheaper but I've heard bad things about it. I wanted to see this model in action to see if it flattened out the bend but it doesn't. It does look scary at the 0:50 mark but that's because the tubing is sunk down into the groove. Looks like Harbor Freight is going to get another customer soon. Now, I've got to watch the rest of the video to see what more I can learn.

Best video on this subject. All the other ones on KZfaq drag on too long

What is track at the beginning? Its on several of tgese videos

Do the steel lines shown need to be painted before installation? Or are they stainless?

I tried doing this. The clamp I used did not want to hold the line and pushed it out. I tried so many times and tighten the clamp so much I stripped it.

Excellent video thank you.. By the way are you any relation to the great "Wilford Brimley" you look a lot like him..

Would a general plumbers pipe bender work or are there specific small diameter benders? Thanks.

easy on a table, laying under a car, a totally different beast to contend with

co/nic is the way to go. Anyways, get an Eastwood flare tool. It's the best.

I got one flare tool but does not have that little part, can you do flares with out it ? I mean has only the cone that press down.,nice video very clear and simple to get it.

this is great guy stuff, spending time in the garage escaping the nag

Those flaring kits never work for me. Maybe I need a vise?

Big mitts in the way

does the degree of the bend really matter?I ask because my brake lines are completely destroyed and I don't have nothing to compare the bend toso I figured as long as it doesn't crease and it connects fine it should be okay? what do you think any help thank you in advance

I never had any luck with that type of flaring tool. The flares were always off center and leaked.

Can I straighten a line with that tool?

what kit did you use?

so what if your dye doesn't have a step

Bending a tube anywhere in a tube is easy. But how do you get your bend in an exact spot so you aren't too how or high?

It's 2023. Do flexible lines not exist? I've been dreading replacing two rear lines in a crown Vic

What is the name of the instruments you used to bend and to cut the lines? And where might i get them in the market?

You didn't say what the second die is that you used to make the "full flare". Is it a general one without a size? The same die flipped over? What?

An inverted flare is the same thing as a flat flare right?

Okay cool but where do you buy those exact tools you’re showing us? 😂

where can i get the blue bending tool?

Make it even easier use copper brake lines easy to work with and easy to bend by hand plus never rusts.......

Looks a lot like doing natural gas lines just smaller.

Remind me to never loan you my pocket knife.

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I went to my local car shop, and asked for brake pipe. He said " How long do you want it?" I said " I want to keep it". 😂

Never heard of inverted flares

Hello good morning to you from Canada I would care to ask if it would be possible for more videos you have only two sites where you are on Facebook page and KZfaq videos you ate missing out on Instagram it would be much better for your videos to be showed on three different sites instead of just two rethink about having your videos only being showed on two sites please put up your videos on three different sites Facebook page and KZfaq and Instagram accounts thank you kindly from Canada

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Well, that's not an inverted flare, for starters, it's a double flare. An inverted flare is bubble shaped, and not used on brake lines.

I dont think it is normally good to run a reamer in a chuck or very fast...

FYI do NOT use that style of flare tool. If your looking for a quality dependable flare spend the money and get a hydraulic or something designed for brake lines. That’s a cheap all around tool he’s using

remember to use air and to clean the flare before installing. great video but your voice is so monotone. a little enthusiasm would spark and advance views, likes, and subs. not bad for an old timer though 😀

Those flaring tools are by far the most useless "one time use" pieces of junk ever invented. Buy the mastercool hydraulic flaring too. Its pricey but the best under the car, tight space, etc tool . I swapped over the entire ABS system on my car and had to make a good 10-16 flares in tight places, perfect flare every time. I broke at least 4 flaring kit things trying to do a line, bent the line, ruined the lines, just crap all around.