On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 20:26:29 -0400, "ATP"
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One of the steel brake lines corroded enough that it started to leak.
So I need to replace a section of the line. Somehow it is something
that I have never had to do before and do not have the tools. But I
looked on the internet and found descriptions of how to do it and lots
of discussion on RCM on problems one can have.

But what I did not find was anything about how to make the adapter
used to make double flares. Have a lathe, should be trivial to make
the double flare adapter.

In searching I found the Lisle sells the adapters. Naturally none of
the autoparts stores carries the Lisle 31370 part, but found a bunch
of mail order places that do carry it. Most of them sell the part at
discount, but with a big shipping charge. The best total cost I found
was Auto Parts 123 selling through Amazon. $2.18 for the part, and
$5.23 for the shipping. Note this only is worthwhile if you already
have a tool for single flares. After I get the part, I will try to
post something so that others can make their own.


Dan

The whole kit from OEM tools was not a lot of money, but making your own is
a lot cooler.

OK - agreed - BUT - it is going to need to be carefully heat treated
too. A lot of the cheap crap out there (read that as Chinese Schlock)
is NOT properly heat treated, and the little tit on the anvil breaks
off if you look at it wrong.

For the cost of a decent kit you couldn't make the anvils for $0.50 an
hour. For the cost of a CHEAP kit, make that about $0.05, and for a
good kit about $5.00.


Jegs sells their "professional" double flair kit for $25.00 (cheap,
lowend Chinese)
KD sells theirs for about $55 - or $115 for the double/bubble kit.
The Snap-on/Bluepoint double flare kit is about $100. The OTC kit is
about $40..