hi, it flares it normaly, then folds it back over it self on the inside,. i presume the flaring tool you got IS a double flare tool for brakes? i wouldnt be driving to long with the brakes if its just a single flare.
mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 1:46 PM Subject: Re: Brake lines > what's a double flaring tool? > > i got myself an el cheapo flaring tool and seems to do the job nicely($30 > from memory) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandejas, Ignacio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:05 PM > Subject: RE: Brake lines > > > > Exactly what I thought... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mark krawczuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:01 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Brake lines > > > > > > hi, that guy is a wanker, all brake places i know use bundy tubing, the > > guy is also a bigger wanker, cause he should know better than to make it > out > > of copper which is softer. > > > > > > mark k > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sandejas, Ignacio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Ozdat (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 1:05 PM > > Subject: Brake lines > > > > > > > Guys, > > > > > > Went to get my steel lines done for my rear discs today. Got quoted $54 > > > bucks to have the two ends of my brake line flared with fittings! He was > > > gonna charge me $88 to have new ones made out of copper! I made the line > > out > > > of some left over bundy tube that I had. He took one look at it and said > > > that he wouldn't guarantee if the flare cracked because the material was > > all > > > wrong! He then suggested copper brake lines. I thought copper was the > > wrong > > > material to use. I politely said thanks and left. > > > > > > Do you guys reckon he's bumped up the price because he didn't want to do > > it? > > > It doesn't really matter because I got hold of a flare tool that does > > double > > > flares. Just need to get the fittings. Does Pirtek ,etc carry those > > > fittings, or do I have to go to a brake shop? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Ignacio Sandejas > > > NCR Retail Helpdesk > > > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > * Level 11 8-20 Napier St North Sydney NSW 2060 > > > * Retail Helpdesk 1300 658 686 > > > * Direct (02) 9935 3784 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
