Brake pipe flaring tool

[MrFawlty]

Hi There,

I don"t suppose anyone has one of these I could borrow.I am in Reading,Berkshire.
Or are they expensive to buy?

Many Thanks

Steve

[madjohnny]

Got mine from Automec, about £70 I think, absolutely superb results!

[kevchard]

They are nearer to £15 - £20. They are a god send. I got ours from our local autofactors.

[madjohnny]

I agree some of them are, but you get what you pay for. The quality of the flares from a more expensive tool are far better than those you get from "horseshoe" type flarers which clamp over a former or the in-situ flarers.

No more functional though!!!!

[Grease Monkey]

Got mine from Machine Mart.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product...5&r=2076&g=111

Needs a bit of practising and a bit of filing of the finished ends but it makes passable pipe flares.

[Alaska Gray]

Get what you pay for here but if your only biulding 1 car Isuppose it dos'nt
matter to much try and go for a sykes pickavant one

Graham

[kevchard]

That's the sort of feller that we have, it does a very good job. I would not be without it now.

[oglyoodoo]

I have a Sykes Pickavant Cam operated garage type unit which is fine but previously had a Sykes Pickavant Flaremaster. Looked like a nice little job with good well respected name to go with it!
BEWARE.
The hydraulic ram was screwed into a horseshoe shaped alloy casting clamp. After the first couple of flares on Cupro/Nickel pipe, which weren't that good, the clamp broke in two where the Ram is screwed in.
Sykes Pickavant relaced the clamp and told me they had no previous problems with that part. The next time I tried to produce a flare the clamp split with a loud bang, well before the flare was complete, and the two bits shot across the garage one hitting a wall and the other narrrowly missing another car in the garage. When I spoke to the Motor factors I got it from they told me they had no end of trouble with them.
The Picture in the instructions showed the clamp with extra strengthening ribs at the point where mine broke. The ones supplied were doomed to failure at that point without additional strengthening. If it was made out of a decent piece of steel it would probably be OK. Any one out there that can mill up a piece of steel?? I don't know if Flaremasters are still available but I would certainly suggest you have a close look at the clamp before buying one....

Steve if you have a few pipes you want to flare you are welcome to pop over and flare the ends I'm only about an hour from you.

Denis

[MrFawlty]

Thanks for the offer Denis,

I may take you up on that.I may be going that way in a few weeks time for the stonleigh show and to collect manifolds/sidepipes from Shinybitz.
Are you going to the show, and what are you building?

Many thanks
Steve

[oglyoodoo]

Hi Steve

The Flaring tool is here if you want to use it.

All being well I will be going to Stoneleigh though not sure which day... As you can see from the Avitar I'm in the middle of a GD build albeit slowly......

Always wanted a car so I could have the wind in my hair... Soon I shall have the car but the hair is disappearing faster than progress....

Denis