Which brake line flaring tool to buy?

[thomfr]

Hello,
Fed up with my very cheap brake flaring thing..
What to buy? 
Fool proof
Quality flaring
Affordable

Rian (Griz) used this one a while ago, looks tempting but what is it and what does it cost?



Or any other good  idea's.

Thom

[grizz]

nickwheeler has a lot of great advice and experience.

Hopefully he will be along soon.

[nickwheeler]

That is Automec's Universal Flaring Tool     LINK     which is excellent, and I used to recommend it to anyone who wanted a well priced, easy to use tool and who couldn't justify the cost of the Sykes-Pickavant one. I find that much harder to do now that the price has increased dramatically: I paid £100 for mine from Automec, with a show discount.

If I had to replace the one you see in Rian's photo(which was bought to replace the full Sykes one that was stolen) it would be with one like THIS which work just as well.

[mk2cossie]

No idea if this will work, but I have used one similar to the above linked ones.
Recently got a hand held one, which is far easier to use. And has the added bonus of flaring steel pipes on the vehicle if joins need to be made

smile.amazon.co.uk/Trident-413701-Brake-Pipe-Flaring/dp/B0105V0DDW/ref=sr_1_5?crid=18K4R15ANG0JW&keywords=brake+pipe+flaring+tool&qid=1638052102&sprefix=brake+pipe+flaring+tool%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-5

[ballbagbagins]

There is one for sale in the classifieds

[grizz]

Nov 27, 2021 23:42:48 GMT ballbagbagins said:

There is one for sale in the classifieds

I think thomfr is in France, so postage, shipping, courier could be a cost added that makes it impractical.

I have not looked at, or in the classifieds to see if the price makes it worth having though.

[discostew38]

I have the sykes pickavant one
Only down sides is it was expensive and it's an in vice tool so you need to be able to remove the pipe from the car to flare it

We have one at work which was bought from car builders solutions it's a hand held type and it works really well and it was only about £40
The screw thread did recently go on it but it's approx 10 years old and been used in the restoration of at least 8 cars with both 3/9" and 7/16" piping

I don't know how to add links and for unknown reasons my browser won't let me upload pics anymore so i can't add to the above information

[crockpot]

I have one the same as in MK2cossie link. Works great and can be used in fairly tight places on the car. Mines branded Draper.

[landruster]

I have a hand held sykes pickavent flaremaster, picked up second hand cheap off ebay as it was filthy. Can do flares on the car and does them very well.

Not sure i could have stomached retail price for the amount of use it gets, but can recommend its capabilities.

[welshpug]

another vote here for a sykes kit, I have the workshop vice held type

[thomfr]

Nov 28, 2021 6:48:38 GMT grizz said:

Nov 27, 2021 23:42:48 GMT ballbagbagins said:

There is one for sale in the classifieds

I think thomfr is in France, so postage, shipping, courier could be a cost added that makes it impractical.

I have not looked at, or in the classifieds to see if the price makes it worth having though.

Hi,
Thanks! I live in The Netherlands btw. but love to move to the South of France... (Pension is still 17yrs. away).

Thom