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| | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 9 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 9 | I posted in the general truck talk forum without knowing i shouldn't talk about tools there. I wanted to share my experience with fedhill brake lines. Their website is Fedhillusa.com
Their brake lines are expensive thats for sure. I got 25 feet of 3/16th inch tubing for $69...but it did my whole 1956 3600. Their flare tool is $400 with two die sets. Truthfully you only need two die sets if your working on the trucks we love.... 3/16 and 1/4. Yes their product is darn expensive...but if you are like me you have several crappy flare tools and boogered up steel lines that you should throw away. The steel lines are hard to toss because you sweated over them for an hour or two trying to bend it where it needs to go.
This stuff works. I mean every time. I took the whole roll of 3/16 tubing under my truck...rolled out what i wanted...shaped it by hand..cut it with a tubing cutter.... then jumped up...put my flare nuts on and flared both ends in a matter of 30 seconds....and thats probably over estimating. Read about the line properties. It won't corrode because it is a nickle-copper alloy. It has a higher burst strength than steel line. You can bend it by hand...the bigger sizes (5/16 fuel line)you need a little help from a bender. The flare tool makes a perfect flare in seconds.There is a video on the website showing how the tool works. Take the time to download it and look at it...it's a big download especially if you have dialup. It is my favorite tool in my shop. If the shop caught fire i'd probably grab it first. If the money is whats stopping you get three or four guys to go in with you. New die sets are like $40 bucks each...so if you decide to do fuel lines you can get the flare you need. Give it a try... - Kyle
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 324 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 324 | Originally posted by 30roadster:
read about the line properties. ...... You can bend it by hand... Kyle [/QB] Maybe it is also easier to flair than other steel lines.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 12 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 12 | a guy "Denny B" had a lot on here about a flare tool that would make perfect flares on stainless tubing ... I saw it on here last week and came back to get the info again so I could find the name and make of the flare tool that finally worked for him ... now it's gone
Does anyone remember the tool and site he got it from?
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,259 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,259 | I certainly didn't pull it. I thought it was a pretty good review. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 12 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 12 | Thank's
I thought it was Fedhill ... yeah, he had a good review ... and he spent a fortune to finally get a flare tool he could be happy with ... I thought the flares he made with it looked better than the factory flares he was showing as comparison ... guess I should have patted him on the back about them ... he did deserve some "atta boy's" for sharing his info with us
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