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RE: Brake Tubing Flares

To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Brake Tubing Flares
From: "Smit, Theo" <theo.smit@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 07:36:25 -0800
The Ridgid tool certainly looks burly compared to the other ones. Most of
the cheap flare tools are knockoffs of the snap-on tool, and a few thou of
pinch on the pipes and the surface finish of the clamp can make a big
difference on whether or not the flare will succeed. "Looks like the
Snap-On" isn't good enough in this case, just like with the click-type
adjustable torque wrenches. About half of the cheap ones have a huge
variability in the torque required to 'click' the wrench depending on how
much off-axis load is on the wrench.

Regards,
Theo

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