Looking for a good flaring tool

[tonyvol]

I'm looking for a good flaring tool that will do 45 deg. double flares on stainless and 37 deg. single flares on stainless. Does anyone know of one that will do both 45 deg and 37 deg.? I was looking at a MasterCool flaring tool but I don't see one that does both 45 deg and 37 deg.

Thanks,
Tony

[renegade6]

The one that Eastwood sells will do both but, you have to buy extra dies for the 37 degree flares. I just have the double flare set up and it works great.

[RobNoLimit]

I have MAC tools hand/hydrolic for 458 DF, also does metric bubble and GM fuel. I use a Ridged 37.5* tool - the good one with the rotating flare head. The new Eastwood tool looks pretty good too.

[79 Camaro]

Got the Eastwood tool and it does work great. I think there is a an add in Car Craft or Hot Rod that knocks off $50.

[tonyvol]

Thanks Jim, have you tried to do 45 deg. double flares on stainless?

[CapSS92]

I have a Mastercool tool and I bought the big kit that does pretty much everything except 37's. It seems they sell the dies separately. That being said I could not flare stainless with it. It was really hard and the pipe wound up getting stuck in my 45 degree die. Maybe I did something wrong, I dunno. But it was a pain trying it. Perhaps there's a trick to flaring stainless I didn't know about. I wound up using regular line for what I needed. HTH.

Alex

[MonzaRacer]

Using a ream available from SUR&R too bevel the inside of the tubing ,then a fine flat file and put a small bevel on the outside as well.
I used to break pins off and have too get replacements. After learning to clean up the ends after cutting I had great flares every time.

[mitch_04]

I was under the impression that stainless didn't require a double flair because of it's strength. Single flares still allow it to deform slightly to seal well.

Anyone ever do double flairs on stainless?

[a67]

The choice of double or single flare is dependent upon whether the tubing has a seam. A seam is created when tubing is formed around a mandrel then welded. The seam is easily seen by looking at the inside of the tubing (the outside of the weld has been rolled flat).

The auto store regular steel brake and fuel line has a seam, and must be double flared. The double flare prevents the seam from cracking, which will occur with a single flare on seamed tubing.

Note that seamless tubing can be double flared, but it isn't required.

Bob.