I just went thru this while flaring tool issues recently. I got 3/8” .040 heavy duty stainless steel lines. I bought the rigid tool and it would not flare them. I had a piece of scrap .035 that flared with no issues. Luckily l had a friend that owes a hydraulic and body shop who had a good tool. He let me barrow his imperial 400-F. That was the only thing that would flare my lines. I kept getting cracks at the flare and had to redo a bunch of pieces.
@@lonestarlows I would agree with that! I’m happy with how it came out but it was very frustrating! Oh by the way, I used on of your older hardline flaring videos to get pointers. It helped out a lot! Keep up the good work and videos brotha!!
You need to re-read the instructions of how to use the 400-F. The bottom of the flarer is designed to go in the vice, not the die block. And to set the correct dept, there is the little swing gate which is marked with the sizes for the depth needed. One side will do 3/16" to 3/8", the other does 1/2" to 5/8". You wind the flarer down to the stop, then swing the gate out of the way, and then you can wind down till the flarer bottoms out.
Got a neighbor trying to sell me some legit 72 spoke 14x7 Daytons with the gold nipples and gold plated knockoffs for $1,500 and was wondering if that’s a good deal. I called Dayton and a brand new set is $4k but idk if 30 year old rims are worth it
Don't use tubing cutters like in this video. It will work harden the material (especially stainless) and make it that much more difficult to even flare. Using tubing cutters on tubing you're gonna flare is a no-no.
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I flare .049 1/2” stainless with the Ridgid; it worked just fine 👍
This is good to know. I thought I had a piece of 049 to test out but I couldn't find it
@@lonestarlowshave you found the piece of 1/2" .049? To see if the 377 will flare it.
@orlandobenavides700 no I haven't. I must have scrapped it in my last scrap run
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I just went thru this while flaring tool issues recently. I got 3/8” .040 heavy duty stainless steel lines. I bought the rigid tool and it would not flare them. I had a piece of scrap .035 that flared with no issues. Luckily l had a friend that owes a hydraulic and body shop who had a good tool. He let me barrow his imperial 400-F. That was the only thing that would flare my lines. I kept getting cracks at the flare and had to redo a bunch of pieces.
I guess it's safe to say the rigid is light to medium duty, and the imperial is heavy duty.
@@lonestarlows I would agree with that! I’m happy with how it came out but it was very frustrating! Oh by the way, I used on of your older hardline flaring videos to get pointers. It helped out a lot! Keep up the good work and videos brotha!!
Glad to help. Thank you
If its not double flare what good is it for?
Double flares are for brake lines ..these are 37 degrees sae flares
You don’t have to double flare stainless; even on brake lines from what I’ve read. And yes, brakes are 45
Any chance your imperial reamer slips over the rigid die to deburr?
@@americanrepair doubt it
You need to re-read the instructions of how to use the 400-F. The bottom of the flarer is designed to go in the vice, not the die block. And to set the correct dept, there is the little swing gate which is marked with the sizes for the depth needed. One side will do 3/16" to 3/8", the other does 1/2" to 5/8". You wind the flarer down to the stop, then swing the gate out of the way, and then you can wind down till the flarer bottoms out.
How do you get the tubing situated if the flare tool goes in the vice?
Got a neighbor trying to sell me some legit 72 spoke 14x7 Daytons with the gold nipples and gold plated knockoffs for $1,500 and was wondering if that’s a good deal. I called Dayton and a brand new set is $4k but idk if 30 year old rims are worth it
depends on condition...
Don't use tubing cutters like in this video. It will work harden the material (especially stainless) and make it that much more difficult to even flare. Using tubing cutters on tubing you're gonna flare is a no-no.
Flares just fine
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