Brake pipe flaring tool advice

[jason 82]

Morning gentleman. I am about to do the brake lines, and was wondering if anybody can recommend a decent pipe flaring tool please ? I was going to buy a sealey AK506, being a sealey nut, but it seams to get mixed reviews. Any help would be really appreciated !:cool:

[davedew]

I bought the sealey one to do mine.
Only any good on copper pipe, even then took a couple of goes to get a good result.
Pin broke off the pipe insert in the end!
Did the job but don't expect it to last.

[Davidbolam]

Hi there.

Measure the length of the lines and buy the pipe from somewhere other than halfords and the company will normally flare the ends for you with a professional tool.

I paid 10 for the pipe and about 5 for the unions.

I did try flaring my own but it was hard to get a good end with a cheap tool

David

[alga]

I bough a cheapish (~50 quid) German-branded flaring kit and it did the job just fine. It was also useful for flaring the ends of copper fuel pipes.