new brake lines

[Joe Schlosser]

If you are going to do your own flaring for something as important as your brake lines you should get the best tools. Either Rigid or Eastwood make very good tools.

 

[Deleted member 21878]

i ended up not cutting the lines. i had to add a couple of bends to run the line a little differently than the old ones but it came out ok. not as pretty as i would have liked but they are fine. especially since i had to completely rebend the left side line.
both sides were app 5" longer. the tech at Moss seems to think they were changed at some point to route around the spring perches (his words not mine) does not make sense to me since the old lines did not run over the u-bolts anyway.
if i had not had the old ones to go by, i would probably have thought these are run the way they were always done so it is ok.

 

[steveg]

Reporting back on the Eastwood tools mentioned above...

NFI.

Summary: The inexpensive, very well-made Eastwood tool takes the guesswork out of 3/16" double flares. It will also straighten the tube end enough to get a good perpendicular cut with a decent tube cutter.

The more expensive Ridgid 345 is more versatile in that you can also make bubble flares and the 1/4" supply lines from the tanks to the master cylinders.

IMO the deburring tool is a nice-to-have, but the lines can be deburred with a countersink on the inside and a file on the outside. The straightening pliers will help you make nicer-looking runs.

Photo essay with comments:
https://www.pbase.com/stevegerow/tube_flaring_tools

 

[steveg]

Cunifer tubing is DOT approved: