Brake line fitting rounded out on me and local boneyards don't have any 940 Turbos where I could steal a new old line. Learning opportunity! So, I bought myself a handy dandy OTC 4504 ISO flare kit and a generously sized piece of Polyarmour brake line in 3/16 size so I can practice a little bit.
Questions:
1) The flares my tool produces look less bulbous and have more obvious cone section than the ones that were on that line in the first place. Am I giving it too much line?
2) I'm having a hard time trying to get the flares perfectly straight. The button seems to want to lean on one side. What am I doing wrong? I'm thinking it's because I'm not getting the line perfectly straight. I was cutting it with a hacksaw and then filing it down to be flat with the tool, but I think I must be getting it bent while I'm doing this. Should I use a tube cutter?
3) Is that cupronickel pipe easier to flare than the polyarmor? My first thought was to repair the broken line while it's on the car but if it takes as much for as the PA line, I'm thinking it'll just be easier to take the line off the ABS accumulator and do this in a vise (this is the short line).
Questions:
1) The flares my tool produces look less bulbous and have more obvious cone section than the ones that were on that line in the first place. Am I giving it too much line?
2) I'm having a hard time trying to get the flares perfectly straight. The button seems to want to lean on one side. What am I doing wrong? I'm thinking it's because I'm not getting the line perfectly straight. I was cutting it with a hacksaw and then filing it down to be flat with the tool, but I think I must be getting it bent while I'm doing this. Should I use a tube cutter?
3) Is that cupronickel pipe easier to flare than the polyarmor? My first thought was to repair the broken line while it's on the car but if it takes as much for as the PA line, I'm thinking it'll just be easier to take the line off the ABS accumulator and do this in a vise (this is the short line).