Steve, there are two different tools, and mandrels for each application.
On the US double flare, it is easy to make good flares, even with the
cheap flaring tools. On the bubble flare for the Tiger/Alpine, you need
a good tool, my success was with Snap-On, otherwise it will leak if you
custom cut your tube, and need a bubble flare on the end.
BTW, no leaks on my Tiger, and I did 13 bubble flares.
BTW-2, I have a double flare, bubble flare, and AN flares on my car,
with adapters for various parts. Learned a lot in doing this, including
designing a brake system.
Larry
Steve Laifman wrote:
>
> Larry,
>
> Can't understand your message. Did you say you bought and English
> System Bubble Flare tool, or an American system Double Flare tool.
>
> They are NOT the same. The correct English hydraulic tube has a cone of
> tubing coming OUT of the coupling nut, the American style has this
> doubled wall folded back into the outer V with nothing sticking out.
>
> The receptacle of an English system has a recessed conical shape to
> receive the protruding "V", the American system has a PROTRUDING "V" to
> fit inside the recessed line "V"
>
> That's the meaning behind the two ASCII pictures:
> "=============<> is the tubing on a Bubble flare, with a PROTRUDING
> "V" end.
>
> "=============<< represents an American Double flare, where the metal
> is bent back inside the outer "V".
>
> Did you make an American Double flare, and fit it into a British "Bubble
> flare" hydraulic unit?
>
> Steve
>
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