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Reviewed in Canada on May 23, 2025
It is a lessor quality but for the price point works well with practice
La fille des Ăźles đ
Reviewed in France on February 9, 2025
Lâoutil en lui-mĂȘme est robuste et bien conçu, mais il faut un peu de pratique pour obtenir un bon Ă©vasement, surtout sur les doubles et les Ă©vasĂ©s Ă bulle. Sur du cuivre, câest facile, mais avec du tube en acier, mieux vaut bien lubrifier et serrer fermement pour Ă©viter que le tube ne glisse. Le systĂšme de serrage pourrait ĂȘtre un peu plus performant, mais avec de la patience, on arrive Ă un bon rĂ©sultat. Pour un usage occasionnel ou semi-professionnel, câest un bon compromis.
Alan
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2025
Used to make bubble flares for Corvette brake lines. My first attempt with this tool and did complete vehicle with no leaks. Very happy with ease of use and time saved.
Bob W.
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2024
I'm an older seasoned automotive technician, I'm reviewing this product based on my many years of experience in the field using high quality tools and equipment. Ordered this kit to supplement the flaring tools we already have in the shop. Nice flaring kit overall, nice sturdy storage case that uses the pinned hinges that seem to last forever, and an instruction manual that is better than most. The main tool is robust in design and works as it should. We build and replace lot of brake lines in the shop, and unfortunately with the size of the dies that are in this kit, it prevents us from flaring the tubing close to a bend in the line which limits its use. Price point is considered reasonable for this item.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2024
In all fairness, it does the flares, but some of the things about it are annoying to use. The handle falls out of the clamp that you have to turn very easily so as you spend the clamp around the handle goes flying off and then you have to chase itAlso the Dye heads that slide into where the hoses clamped, some of them lineup nicely some of them donât In this case, the 3/16 one that would probably get the most use would push in just fine but then you would have to use a hammer to get it to release because the one piece didnât center with the other piece and so it was like in a bind, even as you pushed it in. Also, with this style, you have to have a vice so that means you have to have a whole Nother set of crimping tools for working on the car until you buy those and this may as well just get the hydraulic one and do both so thatâs what Iâm going to do
Robert
Reviewed in Canada on September 11, 2024
This kit comes in a sturdy carry case that holds all the components in their place. The instructions provided are clear and did a good job of guiding me through my use of the tool - as this tool is very different than any flare tools I have used in the past.The tool worked beautifully, resulting in a good clean and accurate flare. If you are performing works such as full car restorations this is a great tool for forming reliable flares on your bench. The one short coming of the tool was that due to the size and nature of operation it is not able to be used in place (flaring a pipe that is currently installed on the car).Overall quality of the tool is what I consider very good home mechanic. For the professional mechanic this may be considered more mid market, however it will clearly give years of service and represents good value.Overall Verdict?Great design, solid construction, does a good job of work bench flaring. I recommend this product.
Mark
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2024
It works okay for a manual flaring tool. The dies gripped and held the tubing from sliding without leaving too much of a mark. The smaller 3/16" tube actually took more force to form than the 1/4". It shows on the end flare as it didn't make a very good one. You can see this in the picture, the left side is my hydraulic flaring tool and the right side is the hand tool. The 1/4" tube flared easier and produced a better flare. I do a lot of brake lines in 3/16" so I was hoping it would work well on that size, oh well.Update 9/16: Installed a Hydroboost brake unit in a Pre-runner this weekend. Fab'ed a few 3/16" lines The clamp on this thing deforms the tubing and will not allow the nut to go on without fining the sides. Removing a star.
colinmcc
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2024
I bought this to start making a new set of 3/16" lines for my 95 Ford Aerostar, I've only been cutting short lengths of tube to practice with so far, but it seems to work well producing clean, well shaped double flares in a matter of seconds. I'm now confident that the new pipes I make with this will be as good as new!
Osiris
Reviewed in France on December 18, 2024
Je suis agréablement surpris par la qualité de ce kit evasement de ligne de frein.C'est un outil ideal pour evasement des tubes en acier, cuivre et matal d'une dimension 3/16",1/4",5/16".La malette de transport est en plastique et je suis content de voir que lors du transport les outils ne bouge pas car ils sont bien fixé dans cette malette.C'est à mon sens un outil d'excellente qualité, robuste.
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