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Your cart is empty.Cal-Van Tools 165 Master Inline Flaring is a complete and professional flaring tool kit. The slender low-profile design of this tool allows the user to make flares on the vehicle and in tight spaces. This new patented flaring tool design makes perfect single or double flares easily. Inline flare tool kit can be employed to increase the overall life of the clamp by not wearing down the teeth inside due to repeated slipping. In-Line Flaring Tools with its unique design locks the adapters cone and tube in a symmetrical line making perfect factory flares which reduces chance of breaking the adapters.
Brian Arsenault
Reviewed in Canada on March 5, 2021
I like that you use hand tools to operate
Johnson
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2020
I’m completely new to making brake lines, and after a decent bit of practice and trial and error I was able to consistently make great flares.Another reviewer mentioned a couple tips including adding extra length to line and making sure edge prep is perfect. Using those guidelines will serve you well, as I noticed a big improvement after adopting those. A couple additional things helped me. 1.) Lube up everything except for the threads that grip the tube so that it moves smoothly and lasts. This makes it easier to completely press the die in all the way and break it loose. I saw that other reviewers had quality control issues, I didn’t have any using the 1/4 in clamp a bunch but the lube cant hurt.2.) Make sure that the clamps are completely together! The included instructions say don’t use a wrench, I say screw that. You have to get the bolts pretty tight in order to get it completely on. The way I would check is by shining a light to see if there was space between the clamps. This ensured the clamps were on tightly and evenly. If you don’t do this, the first flare will come out lopsided. Just ensure you don’t abuse the screws too much and overdo it, they aren’t the strongest and stripping them out or snapping them would suck.3.) Add extra force by holding the clamps together with a vise or with a c clamp to ensure there’s no slipping. I made a flare on the car using a c clamp, and while cumbersome it worked just fine. I will say my best results were on a vise.Though I used this at least 10 times and it held up fine, I can’t say how long it will last. I guess that’s the trade off for the price point. Good buy in my opinion.
Chris
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2019
Credentials: mechanic 23 years US Army, now that that’s out of the way I will say this tool makes descent flares but I could only use it on steel lines. I tried it on the copper lines and that was a big no go, line is too soft For this tool to grip long enough to form the flare and just pushes through. So if you have copper and would like a day of pulling your hair out and pithing this thing through the neighbors window this is for you.Helpful hint: bevel the end with a file/Dremel, soften the metal with fire to red hot put it in the tool while it’s hot and crank down snug. I’ve always done my flares this way it never lets me down.I would say this tool is way better then that cheap thing we all tried at least once. So I’d say yeah for steel it’s worth the buy, no for copper don’t waste your time.
Brandon
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2018
I used this for double flaring stainless steel brakeline on the vehicle. It is far superior to the bar style flare tools that you rent from auto parts stores. It works flawlessly, but there are some tips that help:1. Make sure your end prep is perfect. The included cutter will give you a great square cut. Forget about the included deburr tool for stainless. It won't work. I used a dremel with a grinding wheel to deburr the inside and add the chamfer on the outside. The chamfer outside is critical because it guides the material to fold over during the process.2. When you put the clamp on, tighten it down just barely so it still rotates. Spin it around the tube untill you feel resistance and clamp it. That is your high spot and will provide the best clamping force.3. Add another .05" in length to the tube end in addition to the length of the flare tool used to measure. It will help.4. Once you get the clamp on and tight, double up with a C-Clamp over it. This gives more clamping pressure on the tube and provides a handhold when you are driving down the anvil into the tube.
Les
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2016
For the price it's hard to beat. I've used it to flare lines both on and off vehicles and it works well. The tubing cutter that came with this kit had a hard time cutting through regular steel brake line, and the reamer supplied also had a hard time with regular steel brake line.I had a better cutter and a good reamer, so the lack of quality on these two pieces didn't really affect me. I'm still giving it four stars because it's so much easier to get a quality flare than with the old style flaring tools.Les
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