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I didn't know that there were other styles. Are there? I have been using this kind for 35 years. For me, it's about prepping the line properly. That is what it always took to get good flares.
JAMMAN wrote:
I bought a cheap one years ago. It was OK for anything but the most popular size.... 3/16. The clamp press thingy has to rotate and hit the side of the line holder thingy. Works out except in the 3/16 position one of the sides of the clamp press thingy (looks like a puller) hits the nut on the line clamp which pushes everything at an angle and causes a horrid crimp.
I used it like a dozen times, I would clamp it in a vise and hold the press thing with a crescent wrench. Well I don't have a vise yet at home AND I loaned it out once not thinking. The mandrel on the 3/16 flare button got bent.
I bought another, spent like 60 bucks and it worked much better still not what I wanted. I couldn't check it out, it was in a plastic box wrapped with cardboard sleeve and plastic saran wrap. Gotta love these days.
I wonder how much you have to pay to get a really good one.
Exactly what I was thinking... a good one !
I have used the standard double flaring Tolstoys but nothing that just worked without a lot of double checking.
I always found if I paid attention to the initial die use, the one with the pin in the center, if that squashed the tubing and pulled the outer edge in towards the pin, then the flare usually worked.
I may take some time looking into that.
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2003 EDGE, Std Cab, Steppie, E4 Red, 5sp, 4x
5" SuperLift, 33" x 12.50 x 15"
Hurst Shifter
Mod'd Backrack to fit Steppie
Front and Rear Bumpers by Custom 4x4 Fabrication, OK; now Mike's Welding and Fabrication.
Working on more Mods, just need more time, longer days would work !