mike4444244 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Hello I'm fed up of my POS Clarke kwality flaring tool and need to flare some 3/16 steel pipe on a repair job, please could someone recommend a decent tool that A works on steel as well as copper/kunifer, B can be used on the car, C isn't several hundred pounds and D I can buy tomorrow in Liverpool! Thanks Irritated of Sandiway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmasherWebbs Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 You will be hard pushed to find a good one for less than £200. But here is a good quality German tool. http://www.ldsengineering.co.uk/index.aspx?pageid=340129&prodid=2180383 I have a few Bergen tools and there dam good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4444244 Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 I saw all the laser/draper/sealey professional ones around 150-190 but ideally I'd rather not stretch that far if possible as I'm not running a garage! I saw a couple of sealey ones around the £100 mark, any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris113 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=70098&hl=+brake%20+flare#entry599216 This may help, I asked a similar Q a little while back Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4444244 Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 Cheers, have ordered the flaremaster 2, looked good in the video instructions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yalan Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 You'll like it. I have the flaremaster and its never put out a duff flare. I would only update it now as the 2 can now do bigger (6mm?) pipes too with the extra ad ons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwhacker Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 The Flaremaster 2 looks really good, it will just take a bit longer to pay for it's self. I would be interested to know if you get good flares from your firstish attempts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4444244 Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 well my dad got quoted £730 to replace the front to rear and all rear lines on his e class estate so in a way its already paid for itself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I have a flare master 2, nice bit of kit, you can get an upgrade so it will cope with stainless pipe as well as different sized formers, but I only use the usual 3/16 so can't comment on how it performs on the bigger stuff. The vice version from sykes and pickavant are really nice, i've borrowed them before, they are mega bucks though, especially if you want a selection of tooling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4444244 Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 WOW, what a difference! Picked up off ebay for £107 delivered, absolute pleasure to use, perfect flares from the first go! Recommended! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 He He, It's alright washing your hands before committing one of them to the World Wide Web, but you might have got the pipe flare in focus as well. A set of pinkies we can see any time, even if some of them display a bit more experience of life, but a good first time flare is something worth recording properly. <Grin> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneandtwo Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I have the vice mounted SP tool, nothing else can touch it! I only have the 3/16" formers but luckily my friend has the whole set whihc I have borrowed to do 1/4" clutch pipes and series one brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4444244 Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 lol, I'm a trainee surgeon, apparently I'm supposed to have clean hands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I have the vice mounted SP tool, nothing else can touch it! I only have the 3/16" formers but luckily my friend has the whole set whihc I have borrowed to do 1/4" clutch pipes and series one brakes. Me too. I went to look at the flaremaster at local tool shop but was convinced to buy the vice mounted one instead. Price was actually less than the FMaster kit as they only sold me the formers I needed. Think I paid £110 + vat. A doddle to use and perfect flares every time. They said I could buyany of the other formers as and when I might need them (unlikey) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclemicky Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Not to many surgeons Mike i know drive old 110,s. Brill!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickwilliams Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Slightly OT, but a relevant trick for the pipe flaring novice who has not yet heard of it, is to paint some coppaease or similar on the outside of the pipe behind the flare (i.e. underneath the threaded nut) when you assemble the pipe to the caliper (etc.).. This will stop the nut and the pipe corroding into a solid lump and make it much more likely that you will be able to get the nut undone without wrecking the pipe after it's been on the vehicle for a few years. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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