Jeg's Double Flare Tool?
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Jeg's Double Flare Tool? How good does the Jeg's Double Flare Tool work. Anyone ever use one?
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I have used similar ones and they suck, sometime it does an alright job, but most of the time it does not even flare just push the tube through the holding bar. If you want a good flaring tool without spending $200 for a hydraulic flaring tool, checkout Ridgid's flaring tool.
Originally Posted by cbrich
I have used similar ones and they suck, sometime it does an alright job, but most of the time it does not even flare just push the tube through the holding bar. If you want a good flaring tool without spending $200 for a hydraulic flaring tool, checkout Ridgid's flaring tool.
if your pushing the tube throught the holding bar your not tightening the wing nuts enough.take the bar and slip it in between the wing nuts and really crank on it.i have used the matco version of this tool w/out trouble for years.they work really well.
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Originally Posted by ls1psycho
if your pushing the tube throught the holding bar your not tightening the wing nuts enough.take the bar and slip it in between the wing nuts and really crank on it.i have used the matco version of this tool w/out trouble for years.they work really well.
Originally Posted by cbrich
If you want a good flaring tool without spending $200 for a hydraulic flaring tool, checkout Ridgid's flaring tool.
Tools that are designed for double flaring have a heavily knurled or slotted clamping bar to prevent the tube from being pushed through it.
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Originally Posted by gto69judge
I have 2 of the Rigid model 458 flaring tools. They work great for single flairs and are well worth the price, however they will not work for a double flare due to the rolling action of the center part. (The rolling center section rolls over the inside of the flare to burnish it to a smooth surface).
Tools that are designed for double flaring have a heavily knurled or slotted clamping bar to prevent the tube from being pushed through it.
Tools that are designed for double flaring have a heavily knurled or slotted clamping bar to prevent the tube from being pushed through it.
So read and look very carefully before you try to prove someone wrong.
Last edited by cbrich; Jun 4, 2006 at 02:55 PM.
Originally Posted by cbrich
I know how to use them, before I bought my ridgid flare tool, I snap off the one of the bar bolts, trying to tighten it down. Maybe the Matco is a better than the Autozone version.
yeah,the autozone version is junk.too many people use the tool incorrectly and usually you end up renting a shitty one.my matco is tight.
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Originally Posted by ls1psycho
yeah,the autozone version is junk.too many people use the tool incorrectly and usually you end up renting a shitty one.my matco is tight.
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If you want the best flaring tool out there you need a Sykes Pickavant they mount in a vice and do double flares all the way up to 3/8 as well as metric I have used one for years and never had a leaks in brake systems that see extreme line pressureYou can check them out at Prosystem brakes.com
Originally Posted by cbrich
I know the 458 are for single flare only, I never said they will work for double. I use a 458 in 37* for AN fittings, and 345-DL for double flare and single flare 45*, if you click the 345 series in the link I provided you will see the double flare.
So read and look very carefully before you try to prove someone wrong.
So read and look very carefully before you try to prove someone wrong.
It is important to be accurate and precise when you post a suggestion or recommendation. Otherwise, people could buy something based on YOUR suggestion that won't do the intended job! My reason for posting was to prevent that from happening.
Possibly you could have stated that you use the model 345-DL shown in the supplied link for double flaring.
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Originally Posted by gto69judge
Aren't we being a little over-sensitive? I was not trying to prove you wrong by pointing out that one of the tools in the link you gave was NOT suitable for double flaring.
It is important to be accurate and precise when you post a suggestion or recommendation. Otherwise, people could buy something based on YOUR suggestion that won't do the intended job!
Possibly you could have stated that you use the model 345-DL shown in the supplied link for double flaring.
It is important to be accurate and precise when you post a suggestion or recommendation. Otherwise, people could buy something based on YOUR suggestion that won't do the intended job!
Possibly you could have stated that you use the model 345-DL shown in the supplied link for double flaring.
