Eastwood Professional Brake Line Flaring Tool Kit | 45° Degree Single Double & Bubble Brake Tubing Flares | Use with Hydraulic Hose | Ideal for Stainless Steel Tube or Copper Pipe | Inc 4 Split Dies

Ya, this thing is expensive. But when you've spent the previous two hours meticulously measuring and bending steel fuel line to snake up from under the engine, around a dozen various components, and up to the carburetor intake, the last thing you wanna do is jack up the flare on the end of the tube. And since my time and effort has value, the Eastwood Flaring tool was indeed worth it.Not only does it make perfect flares first time every time, it's actually kinda fun to use. That really says something about a tool- when it takes a job that is usually considered a freakin' chore, and actually does the job perfectly and easily with hardly any brain needed by the operator. Having been frustrated with the poor quality and inconsistency of the cheaper bar-style flare tools, I wanna shake the hand of the person who invented this one.Of course it does have one limit. You have to use it on a bench vise so if you're planning on doing flares with the tubing ON the vehicle, you'll have to look elsewhere. But if you're cool with using it on a vise, and cool with perfect fit and no leaks every time, then drop the coin on this.

Works well on making flare ends, differently recommend!

Super easy to make double flares on brake lines. Works with stainless steel also. Wish I would have got it sooner.

Worth the money. Flares are perfect and fast. Would suggest this tool for perfect flares every time!

If you're tired of screwing around with those cheap parts store flaring tools then ditch them and buy this thing. It makes flaring any kind of brake lines a walk in the park and it gets the flare dead center to the hole in the tubing. I was having a dickens of a time with this connection on the front of a custom built 3/16" front brake line. Of course I used a Chinese prduced coupler and the seat on it was terrible looking. So I replaced that with a better one and made a new line with this unit and it didn't leak anymore imagine that?If you do make brake lines more than just once buy this thing! You don't need the hassle of cheap crap made in China.

This is a good product

I had switched from steel brake lines (that I had always used in the past) to the copper alloy, in my most recent brake line rebuild job (3/16" diameter, double flare). Although I really liked the ease of use of the copper lines since they're more ductile and flexible, I found that there was a small amount of bending on the copper line (in the portion that should be remaining straight) occurring during the first step while using my prior $25 2-bar wingnut device. Therefore, the second step was operating on an end that was not perfectly lined up. Results of the inverted flare looked no-good. Several tries, all poor results, very frustrating, and time-wasting! I've prepared brake line ends many times before, and the only thing different in my most recent trials was that of copper vs. steel. So, I purchased this machine and tried it. All efforts at preparing the ends (inverted flare) were essentially perfect. Perfect results, first time, every time! Saves time, saves frustration! So much easier! Would recommend!

I always thought i was just doing it wrong with the old hinged and clamped tool - now i can make OEM grade flairs with no burr or deformed flange! The tool sets the right tube length for the flair and you know when you have pressed the flair far enough. It was an expensive tool but so worth the money! Now i'm looking for more stuff to flair. Great tool!