Tools Required

J 29803-A Flaring Kit

1. Use the correct size steel pipe and fittings. The outside diameter of the pipe specifies the size.
2. Cut the steel pipe to the necessary length, plus 3 mm (1/8 in) for each flare.
3. Install the fittings on the pipe before starting the flare.
4. Chamfer the inside and the outside diameter of the steel pipe with a deburring tool.
5. Remove all traces of the lubricant from the brake pipe and the flaring tool.
6. Clamp the flaring tool body in a vise.



7. Select the correct size collet and the correct size forming mandrel for the pipe size that you are using.
8. Insert the proper forming mandrel in the tool body.
9. Hold the mandrel in place with your finger. Thread the forcing screw in until the forcing screw makes contact and begins to move the forming mandrel.



10. Slide the clamping nut (1) over the brake pipe and into the correct collet (2).

Leave about 19 mm (3/4 in) of the pipe extending out of the collet (2).

The brake pipe end must contact the face of the forming mandrel when you insert the assembly into the tool body.

11. Tightly fasten the clamping nut (1) into the tool body in order to prevent the pipe from pushing out.
12. Tighten the forcing screw with a wrench until the forcing screw bottoms.

Do not over-tighten the forcing screw. Over-tightening the screw will cause the flare to become oversized.

13. Back the clamping nut (1) out of the tool body.

The flare is ready for use when you have disassembled the clamping nut (1) and the collet (2) assembly.

14. Use a pipe bender in order to bend the pipe. Bend the pipe in order to match the old pipe.