Brake pipes for a numpty
Discussion
Either - OEM parts will be pre-formed, some 3rd party suppliers will supply pre-formed pipes as well. Places like ThinkAutomotive will supply you with the "raw materials" for you to make your own.
If it's not a job you're going to be doing regularly it's probably better to get OEM or 3rd part pre-formed parts. Buying the raw pipe is not terribly expensive, the cost is in the fittings and the flaring tool (and you don't want a cheap one).
If it's not a job you're going to be doing regularly it's probably better to get OEM or 3rd part pre-formed parts. Buying the raw pipe is not terribly expensive, the cost is in the fittings and the flaring tool (and you don't want a cheap one).
GnuBee said:
Either - OEM parts will be pre-formed, some 3rd party suppliers will supply pre-formed pipes as well. Places like ThinkAutomotive will supply you with the "raw materials" for you to make your own.
If it's not a job you're going to be doing regularly it's probably better to get OEM or 3rd part pre-formed parts. Buying the raw pipe is not terribly expensive, the cost is in the fittings and the flaring tool (and you don't want a cheap one).
Reminds me of a silverline flaring tool my friend got for about £6, and asked me to do his brake pipes. Thing was a heap of sIf it's not a job you're going to be doing regularly it's probably better to get OEM or 3rd part pre-formed parts. Buying the raw pipe is not terribly expensive, the cost is in the fittings and the flaring tool (and you don't want a cheap one).
t. In the end I told him to wait a day longer and I'd flare them up at work using a proper tool. I'd just take off the old pipe and take it to a local motor factors who will use it as a pattern to make a new pipe.
Shouldn't cost more than a tenner and as you'd have to buy a roll of brake pipe, and the right connectors, and the flaring tool ( remembering that cheap flaring tools never work properly) it would be madness to try to make them yourself.
Chers,
Tony
Shouldn't cost more than a tenner and as you'd have to buy a roll of brake pipe, and the right connectors, and the flaring tool ( remembering that cheap flaring tools never work properly) it would be madness to try to make them yourself.
Chers,
Tony
I replace brake pipes regulary in the garage i work and if you haven't got a good brake flaring tool it's better to get one pre made a lot cheaper than having to buy the tool, pipe ends, brake pipe etc.
But it can be done using a cheap tool but i would rather spend the money getting the pre made pipes.
But it can be done using a cheap tool but i would rather spend the money getting the pre made pipes.
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