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#($*@! brake hoses and flare nuts—ideas?

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Re: #($*@! brake hoses and flare nuts—ideas?

Post by BlackBart »

Yeah, it's pretty slick, as long as you're careful not to bend too quickly or with too tight a radius. What I'm not very good at yet is going from A to B and then deciding where to cut it in order for the flare and final length to be right.

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abscate wrote: ↑17 Aug 2021, 01:41 Just remember to put the nut on, the right way , before you flare.

You Can bend brake line around any smooth round object of the target bend diameter, no need for the fancy benders they will try have you on.
Can anyone truthfully say they have never made a flare and not remembered to put the nut on first?

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Post by abscate »

I’ve put the right ones on backwards, the wrong one, a galled one, and left it completely off.

Next day, things went better.
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abscate wrote: ↑17 Aug 2021, 18:46 I’ve put the right ones on backwards, the wrong one, a galled one, and left it completely off.

Next day, things went better.
I always try to match fresh nuts with new tubing. But then again, I may just make the flare without any nut.

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