Brake line repair tip

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Жыл бұрын

Tip for loosening a tight flare nut on a brake line.
Especially if the nut is already rounded, the line wrench hex opening easily spreads open and slips.

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@twinlakes8436 10 ай бұрын

No line in the history of automotives has had enough room around it for this.

@joshuaJosephjr 7 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking 😂

@ryanmcginnis1658 6 ай бұрын

I was changing the wheel cylinder in my 97 ford ranger yesterday and if I tried this, I feel like I would have just lost my mind even more 😂

@user-gm1vl9jw7t 5 ай бұрын

🤦🏻‍♂️ this must be a brake line in the house somewhere.

@OGRH 4 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing. There will never come a practical time for this dreamt up hack!

@Omardottcom 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@miguelplascencia6093 Жыл бұрын

If only I had enough space

@2WatchAndComment 11 ай бұрын

exactly

@matthewnorris203 29 күн бұрын

Regardless of space, this is a great idea. I can see it working in multiple spots on a car. Great idea.

@chrisw5150 Жыл бұрын

That's why i always only use a pipe wrench on break lines. I don't play that game anymore. Used to get to mad 😂

@amanuelwordessa4057 Жыл бұрын

Uhh pipe wrench on a brake line?? You mean flare nut wrenches?

@chrisw5150 Жыл бұрын

@@amanuelwordessa4057 no, a 8" pipe wrench. Because they are going to round off on the rusty crap around here anyway. Just taking off, not replacing. It actually is my favorite tool.

@ravenXO Жыл бұрын

@@chrisw5150 hmm. seems smart esp if using the one that pulls together like pliers. those grip everything. just need the strength/leverage after.

@chrisw5150 Жыл бұрын

@@ravenXO a pipe wrench bites harder, the harder you pull. Just a normal tiny one with a open end wrench for cheater bar will break something anyway.😂

@aarons7836 11 ай бұрын

I have a stubborn bolt that stripped and doesnt tighten enough to seal the flare. This is brilliant and Im gonna try that. Thanks

@dr.detroit1514 Ай бұрын

Great idea, the line wrenches rounding off fittings is frustrating.

@matthewmartin7639 9 ай бұрын

If you do a lot of work with flare nuts, Snap on really makes great wrenches. If you're gonna splurge and get the expensive stuff, I can't deny I'd say they are worth the money.

@Dragcnborn 3 ай бұрын

what do you think about jet?

@RadioNul 7 ай бұрын

1970s documentary voice

@markpinther9296 9 ай бұрын

That worked for me! Fricken genius! Had the wheel turned out. Saved me a lot of headaches.

@williamblake1959 9 ай бұрын

A proper line wrench a wee bit of heat and yes I’d agree if I can get my mini vice grips like your showing for sure Only get one good chance before catastrophic comes lol

@billyjones9045 10 ай бұрын

Sweet great idea thank you for sharing that... I was all pissed off taking mine off, almost ripped the whole f****** thing off the frame

@joedso9710 23 күн бұрын

This makes sense... The ends open and then it's stripped!

@happyogre Жыл бұрын

If you have to do this, throw those cheap flare nut wrenches away and buy better quality.

@multanen Жыл бұрын

Yeah, those are pretty cheap, only 30 bucks each. I will throw them away.

@happyogre 11 ай бұрын

@multanen if you paid $30 a wrench, and they are spreading, you paid way too much. I have put cheater bars on my flare nut wrenches and have never had an issue with spread(Craftsman and S&K).

@multanen 11 ай бұрын

Let me guess, your tools are several years or decades old? I wouldn't recommend using a cheater bar with a modern-day Craftsmen flare nut wrench...

@happyogre 11 ай бұрын

@@multanen I don't recommend you using tools.

@PapaMead 5 ай бұрын

It was getting the junction out of the axle for me 🙄 there was no way I was even gonna attempt to loosen those fittings 😅 I needed new everything though so I had no problem cutting the lines and hoses pretty much right to where they enter the junction.

@UnknownOperator19 8 ай бұрын

This is exactly what I needed to see.. mine kept rounding off

@ParallaxVisuals 8 ай бұрын

this is verry good advice!

@jaybee6477 3 ай бұрын

Flare nut wrench anyone, good luck using this method in any situation on a vehicle

@bipedal-bob 2 ай бұрын

It might work unless rust has bonded it to the line to the nut and then as you move the nut it twists the line, and your screwed again.

@nathanhale7444 9 ай бұрын

Yea good luck doing that in tight spaces. The best tool I ever had for really tight brake lines was this cam wrench (not sure of its proper name) that got tighter the harder you pushed. You'd break something before it slipped. Unfortunately it broke after decades of use.

@AutodidactEngineer Жыл бұрын

That Hazet wrench will snap before spreading

@multanen Жыл бұрын

Are you saying that this particular brand is prone to snapping? I believe most line wrenches will spread before snapping, watch this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odFzfM2dmsepn3U.html

@AutodidactEngineer Жыл бұрын

@@multanen Higher quality wrenches usually from name brands are prone to snapping because they have no give, cheap chinesium wrenches from lesser known brands will round off your nuts😉, name brands won't haha thanks for the reply.

@twisterad3 5 ай бұрын

Interesting idea

@adamr6780 10 ай бұрын

fitted new brake lines today front to rear the car I was working you wouldn't get locking pliers in and be able to turn and secondly most are corroded and need heating up.

@chadbreton4951 4 ай бұрын

Sure. Because there is always sooo much space to work with where brake lines are placed

@Rebel-Neck 6 ай бұрын

I would like to know which vehicle it is he’s working on. I’ve never had enough room to get both a line wrench and vise grips in there..

@mad-mason0319 7 ай бұрын

This is only the second half. The first half is heat and oil the hell out of it for 15 minutes then try this

@djlancer88 8 ай бұрын

I just learned there are special wrenches for this wow. I thought you just used regular ones. Not that I have ever done brakes lines.

@godhax6397 5 ай бұрын

A bent the pipe is that a problem?

@mso1758 9 ай бұрын

As if there is enough space and angle clearance for any of that!!

@joseone69 Жыл бұрын

This guy puts it like you have that amount of space on the cars to do hes technique 😂😂 what a joke

@multanen Жыл бұрын

Yes, often there's not enough space to do this.

@Doomzdayxx 9 ай бұрын

Interesting.

@Diazzz1998 2 ай бұрын

Space is the problem especially with the marine diesel engines I work on lines and lines and lines

@nathenwarman4065 Жыл бұрын

I would start by using there right wrench. 3/8ths.

@multanen Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it doesn't look like a great fit but both the nut and the wrench are nominally 10mm. With a better fit, the wrench sticks to the nut, and can't be removed before releasing the lock pliers.

@Widow2B 10 ай бұрын

Can you help me? Im having trouble getting the hex nut off & all it has done is stripped the nut. What can I do to get it now? Sizes for anything you suggest too. Thank you!!

@jesantospotter2737 3 ай бұрын

Grt better wrenchs with less play or better metal lol u aint gonna be doing that at some angles just saying

@juliotorres512 3 күн бұрын

Better tip use snap on flare wrenches 😮😅😅😅

@kahabodee57 2 ай бұрын

👍

@itembuyer895 6 ай бұрын

Or buy a snap on

@dustin3700 7 ай бұрын

If they made the tools in 1:8 scale that could work.

@PratikshaTalukder 5 ай бұрын

What name this wrench

@TheCustomGeek 2 ай бұрын

Flare wrench

@montanawhite5699 7 ай бұрын

I barely have enough room for one of those tools.

@priz2086 9 ай бұрын

It's not the wrench opening up that's the problem, it's rounding the nut that's the issue. I this video you'd be better of just using the vice grips rather than the flare wrench

@FA-sr6lx 9 ай бұрын

The pliers are doing absolutely nothing. They dont tighten anything up. If u need leverage get a longer wrench or use 2

@multanen 9 ай бұрын

So you tested this? Tell us more!

@xlargetophat 7 ай бұрын

I don't see how that would help

@Kenichi05 7 ай бұрын

There no god damn fucking room for that

@alancox9048 7 ай бұрын

A better line wrench would help

@philsketball Жыл бұрын

😂try that on a stuck, rusty one not a clean one...lol😂

@amanuelwordessa4057 Жыл бұрын

Yea and when you realize this method is bullshit in like 98 percent of applications then you take your ass down to harbor freight and buy a set of flare nut wrenches....

@123yeahwhat 7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 no room 🤡

@graveyardrumblers Жыл бұрын

Could used this yesterday lol... I got er tho

@AFatherToTheFatherless 22 күн бұрын

Don't waste your time. Cut the line close to the nut and use a ⅜ impact and 6 point socket.

@somanynamesilltrythis0180 Жыл бұрын

That works, but not so much on an ABS module. If you're gonna spend money to buy cheap line wrenches, and a set of locking pliers, you may as well just buy a decent set of line wrenches. Then you don't need to worry about locking pliers.