Thread: Stainless steel double flares

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Just to add my 2c. I double flared my S/S brake lines. I too heard that it couldn't be done; too hard, would crack. Then I read either here or on another forum that if you anneal the S/S it will double flare just fine. I tried it and it appears to have worked. I say appeared because other than a few trips to the house from the shop and back it has not been tested on the road. However so far I can find no leaks after bleeding and the afore mentioned trips. After annealing it double flared quite easily.

Jack.

I use the stainless line from Speedway, Its double annealed and double flares easily with a quality tool, I did try some from Summit and this wouldn't double flare very well at all.

I use a Sykes-Pickavant tool