How To Bend and Flare Brake Lines EASY

Adam's wrapping up the back end of the 1985 C10 Project and is upgrading the old rusty brake lines with some fresh new ones. We thought this is a perfect time to show you how to bend and flare lines quick and easy!
Triple Head 180 Degree Tubing Bender: www.eastwood.c...
Professional Brake Line and Tubing Flaring Tool: www.eastwood.c...
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Supplies Needed
01:51 Straightening New Line
04:04 Flaring Line
05:00 Bending Line
06:42 Recap
Triple Head 180 Degree Tubing Bender
Versatile Tubing Bender forms lines easily and accurately. It's the must-have tool for making your own brake, air conditioning, fuel and transmission lines.
✅ Bends 3/16", 1/4", 5/16" or 3/8" tubing
✅ Steel, aluminum or copper
✅ Smooth, tight, 180-degree bends
Eastwood Professional Flaring Tool
Why search for a separate bubble, single and double flaring tool when you can get all three in the same kit? This Eastwood brake flaring tool mounts in your vise to help you easily form 45-degree flares in OEM steel, stainless steel and soft metal tubing. It mounts directly to your benchtop vise and be stored in a cabinet or toolbox when not in use. DIY enthusiasts can use our brake line flare tool on 3/16-inch, ¼-inch, 5/16-inch, 3/8-inch and 4.75-mm diameter lines with the included split dies. This means it will handle all your plumbing jobs, including brake lines, transmission cooler lines and fuel lines.
Features:
✅ Create 45-degree single, double and bubble brake flares in seconds
✅ Brake-flaring tool works with 304 stainless steel, steel, and soft metal tubing
✅ Use for brake lines, transmission cooler lines and fuel lines
✅ Turret-style indexed head keeps all forming dies ready to use
✅ Quick-release T-handle screw clamp securely holds the tube-retaining dies
✅ Includes Pro forming tool; 3/16", 1/4", 5/16", 3/8" and 4.75mm tube-retaining dies; handle; instructions and case
✅ 1-year warranty
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Triple Head 180 Degree Tubing Bender: www.eastwood.com/triple-head-180-degree-tubing-bender-3-16-3-8-in.html?KZbin&+brakes+tubing+bender Professional Brake Line and Tubing Flaring Tool: www.eastwood.com/professional-brake-tubing-flaring-tool.html?KZbin&+brakes+flaring+tool

[@riikbelthir6131]

Thanks bros!! Too much help in this video🔥

[@trentonjohnson2948]

Also if you want to straighten the line drill a hole through the width of a 2x4 same size as the tubing and pull it through the hole off the roll you will get a perfectly staight line.

[@workingman9745]

Trentonjohnson thanks for the tip.

[@miketeeveedub5779]

That is one slick vice-mounted flare tool. I also like the Eastwood on-car flare tool - that one needs to be in every mechanics toolbox. Wish I had those when I was rebuilding the body and rear brake lines on my Mk1 VW Jetta. I'll know better for next time!

[@thedude5869]

Great video, only problem is you forgot the step where you flare the line and realize you forgot the fitting first 🤣😂

[@eastwoodco]

We made sure to do that off camera 2-3 times for good measure.

[@andrewbrandt7126]

Lmao did this last time I did my brakes 😂

[@shelvins1841]

Curious if you know what that "spring" is that around the factory brake line.

[@trentonjohnson2948]

Keeps tubing safe from any rubbing from vibration

[@eastwoodco]

It's brakeline armor - some people run it while other's don't. Adam wanted a cleaner look so opted for none. www.eastwood.com/3-16-stainless-steel-brakeline-armor-3ft.html

[@jasonshreeve2671]

How do you know by marking it were in the bending tool it has to be so it's in the correct position

[@workingman9745]

When bending exhaust pipe the mark was always in the middle and on top. Maybe same with brake lines?

[@eastwoodco]

Adam was marking the tubing where the bend should start and end then lining it up in the tubing bender with that info. So he'd have a black mark that was where the bend needed to be. Once you make one bend you'll see how it all lines up.