glemon
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I was trying to make a flare end with a buddy a while back and we weren't having any luck, it would split or crack or go lopsided. I didn't think much of it at the time, and just told home to take the line to the brake and clutch shop and they would fix you up for $5 or so.
Fast forward a couple months and I need to replace about an 100" line running from front to back of my new/ old Ford Ranger. They don't make a line that long and both ends are different, the guy at Advance Auto sells me a roll of this nickel copper stuff (which I have read is softer and easier to work with). I had the same problem as I did at my friend's. I figure it must be the same stuff cause Looks the same and has the same issues. After 3 or 4 attempts of making a decent inverted flare I give up. I ended up finding a coil of steel I had lying around and it worked fine.
Is there a secret to working with this stuff? Working with my cheap tool and the steel line the secret is to camp the **** out of it. Tried softer and harder clamping and slight variations in initial protrusion length with the nickel copper stuff. No luck on getting a decent flare, metal wasn't smooth and or lopsided mushroom? Any tricks to using the stuff?
Fast forward a couple months and I need to replace about an 100" line running from front to back of my new/ old Ford Ranger. They don't make a line that long and both ends are different, the guy at Advance Auto sells me a roll of this nickel copper stuff (which I have read is softer and easier to work with). I had the same problem as I did at my friend's. I figure it must be the same stuff cause Looks the same and has the same issues. After 3 or 4 attempts of making a decent inverted flare I give up. I ended up finding a coil of steel I had lying around and it worked fine.
Is there a secret to working with this stuff? Working with my cheap tool and the steel line the secret is to camp the **** out of it. Tried softer and harder clamping and slight variations in initial protrusion length with the nickel copper stuff. No luck on getting a decent flare, metal wasn't smooth and or lopsided mushroom? Any tricks to using the stuff?