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Old 20th September 2012, 02:11 PM
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Default Brake Flaring Test?

Just wondering if there's a way I can test my flares won't leak before I fit the lines to the car permanently? being new to flaring and unsure of it still a bit I'd hate to fit them all and go to fill it up to find they leak
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Old 20th September 2012, 03:27 PM
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If they don't look terribly deformed, it will be just a matter of torquing them up a bit more if they leak.
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Old 20th September 2012, 04:00 PM
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Brake pipe flairs should look like the ones in the pictures below, if they dont just keep practicing untill they do.





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Old 20th September 2012, 07:51 PM
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Well my practice ones look ok. the hardest part seems to be getting perfectly straight on the pipe before starting to flare. When I look at mine from the side, they just look ever so slightly uneven (eg slightly higher on one side).
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Old 20th September 2012, 08:49 PM
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Are you cutting the pipe with a hacksaw or using the pipe roller cutters ?

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I've been using a dremel as I found it hard to cut with the rollers as it would end up crushing the end.
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