Reply to "Brake Master Cylinder question"

single flair will crack before a double flair. A good flair tool will make the difference too. I used the $30 flair tool and soon bought a more expensive flair tool. The flair from the more expensive tool was noticably more thick, solid and stout. The more expensive flair tool also made it possible to flair them on the car where the cheap tool was, well a fight even in the bench vice. I personally would not ever use the $30 flair tool again unless I had 1 flair to repair and that was it. The hand held flair tool was not perfect but flairing was not hard. The main problem I had with the tool I got from eastwood is the tips are cast steel. You have to change them every flair (back and forth). The threads crack and they get jammed. They don't carry replacement tips. It's not that big of deal; even without threads the tip is pressed into the part so it's not critical but anoying.

If you do very much brake work at all a good brake flair tool is a tool worth buying.

Gary