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Brake Line Flaring Tool
How to bend brake lines. Bending brake lines creating inverted flares on brake tubing duration. Despite a bit of slow progress on the tudor solely on my part things are. The key to using a bending tool is to get a quality tool that wont kink the line. In some cases pre bent lines are available but shipping them is can be a costly proposition. You want to know how much youre going to curve the line. Brake line bending and flaring tudor tales.
While poly armour lines resist kinking unlike plain steel it is still possible to kink the line. Determine the total amount of offset required dimension y in diagram and angle of offset. Figure the length of tube that is needed to meet your offset requirements x in dimension diagram from table. In this episode of hagerty diy ill be guiding you through bending steel brake or fuel lines. This process is a good one for saving some cash when repairing either your vintage or modern vehicle. You can see below how once you draw the right handle it will start to bend the new line into the shape of the existing line.
Rob fortier writer eric black illustrator. You can see below that you will bring the right handle down and it will start curving the new brake line into shape. An affordable tubing bender and some patience go a. How to easily bend a brake or fuel line duration. Classic car restoration club 202954 views. Tools for bending brake lines there are several types of tools available from simple radius tools to more accurate lever action benders.
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