Thread: Stainless steel double flares

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Fine for you guys if it works for you and it makes you happy---HOWEVER---you are cruising for a very drastis failure when one of your work hardened or annealed flares fails--the proper method is a 37 degree single flare with the backup B nut and sleeve

I think I may have opened a can of worms with this question.My rod has been on the road for 4 years and touch wood all the stainless steel flares are all sealed uo as log as you are using flaring spanners and you tighten them well their should'nt be any problems

Jerry i've been doing it this way for the last 20 years and i've never seen a failure yet. The pipe is way to soft to work harden in my opinion.

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Fine for you guys if it works for you and it makes you happy---HOWEVER---you are cruising for a very drastis failure when one of your work hardened or annealed flares fails--the proper method is a 37 degree single flare with the backup B nut and sleeve