Universal Hand Held Brake Line Flaring Tool 3/16" SAE (4.75mm) Brake Pipe Double Flaring Tool Kit, 45 Degree Flare for Vehicle Brake Lines Repairing (With box)

Needed to replace a brake pipe that failed on an MOT. This was ideal and does all flaring ends required. Not used one for years, but worked really well and job done in 5 minutes.

I have used tools like this in the past and all was fine, but this one crimped and distorted the copper pipe almost beyond use. I think because the size of the bore within the head of the tool which is supposed to clamp the copper is too small. This meant the two parts of the head didn't come together properly & the flairing inserts skipped on the threads as I tried to tighten them. If I tried to close the threads by tightening & clamping the copper pipe harder, it deformed and left ridges in the copper pipe & the head of the flair was rough and ineffective. Waste of money, buy a proper tool.

Was not sure about this with it been so cheap and it is cheap But it worked OK for a one off DIY job.

Fit for purpose seems OK to use multiple times

Great product i was New to it and found it really easy to use and does them perfectly every time

Delivered on time and in perfect working order. Saves so much time being able to do the job on the vehicle

The handle threads failed, damaged the handle, can be fixed, but I didn't buy the tool to fix it.I bought this to flare a pipe on the car, without removing it, it worked well bar the handle failing.The handle was poorly fitting out of the box, I'd like a replacement, but I fear it would break anyway.

The block is too small for 3/16 pipe, it squashes the brake line excessively, the flare isn’t great either, would do in an emergency but there’s better kits out there. I will re drill the block larger to 4.5mm which should help but the tool should perform as advertised and currently does not. 1 star