Fuel Line Tips n Tools
My "information" may be out of date, but the go-to flare setups used to be brand names like Imperial Eastman with double flare adapters. I've seen some, here and there, that are MUCH more expensive yet perhaps easier to use.
If you use this old type it is imperative you do a couple of things........carefully file the end nice and square, IE do not attempt to double flare after just cutting it with a tube cutter
If you "mess up" you must cut it back behind the tool marks where the tool clamped. You'll never flare it in that area
Do NOT get lazy and single flare it.
Get in your head, IE learn the difference between inverted flare (45 deg flare) and conventional SAE (normally copper/ brass) which are also 45 deg, and so called AN or JIC which are 37 1/2 degree flare, that is, you need a different tool.
What this means is, if you go AN (JIC) you should stay "all" AN and not mix up inverted and SAE with the AN stuff.
All traditional "real" tool brands like KD and many others do or used to offer tools similar to the Imperial design.
My "information" may be out of date, but the go-to flare setups used to be brand names like Imperial Eastman with double flare adapters. I've seen some, here and there, that are MUCH more expensive yet perhaps easier to use.
If you use this old type it is imperative you do a couple of things........carefully file the end nice and square, IE do not attempt to double flare after just cutting it with a tube cutter
If you "mess up" you must cut it back behind the tool marks where the tool clamped. You'll never flare it in that area
Do NOT get lazy and single flare it.
Get in your head, IE learn the difference between inverted flare (45 deg flare) and conventional SAE (normally copper/ brass) which are also 45 deg, and so called AN or JIC which are 37 1/2 degree flare, that is, you need a different tool.
What this means is, if you go AN (JIC) you should stay "all" AN and not mix up inverted and SAE with the AN stuff.
All traditional "real" tool brands like KD and many others do or used to offer tools similar to the Imperial design.
