A bubble flare is NOT half of a double flare.
You can do it, and it works sometimes, but I wouldn't trust my brakes to it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bud Pazur [mailto:bpazur@excel.net]
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 1:22 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Flares
Duncan wrote:
Here is a good article describing the differences.
http://www.dimebank.com/BrakePlumbing.html
There seems to be a discrepancy in the above referenced article, or I'm just
confused. The section entitled 'Know your flares' says "British cars have a
bubble flare (aka Girling flare)..." But then later in that section it says
'then you have the more familiar double flare used by Girling...'
My question is: Is the Girling flare the bubble flare or the double flare,
or
am I missing something (which is probably the case, since I know nothing
about flares)?
Bud Pazur
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