Squeeze the arms until the desired angle is achieved. Here's a 60-degree bend. The finished job looks great and allows plenty of clearance for valve-cover removal. The factory locating clips are even reused to eliminate vibration and restore that OE look everyone's clamoring for.The finished job looks great and allows plenty of clearance for valve-cover removal. The f Flaring is only half the battle when it comes to automotive plumbing using thin-wall steel tubing. You also need to bend the tubing to fit the car. Sure, you can bend it by hand, but the result always looks amateurish, and you're just asking for kinks. Single-size bending tools (bottom) are cheap, but you'll need to buy several to suit various tubing diameters. The spool-type tube bender (center) is better and fits multiple tube diameters. The articulated bender (top) is our favorite, as it helps eliminate guesswork for professional-looking results.Flaring is only half the battle when it comes to automotive plumbing using thin-wall steel Where access allows, the lines are bent in place for less chance of confusion and accidental screw-ups. When the bender won't fit, the line is marked and the needed bends are performed on the bench.Where access allows, the lines are bent in place for less chance of confusion and accident Mark the tube to align with the zero point on the bender's graduated scale. Putting theory into practice on the groovy CC/Rambler, note how the stock brake lines are scruffy looking against the freshly detailed engine bay. Worse, their routing interferes directly with valve-cover removal. Something must be done.Putting theory into practice on the groovy CC/Rambler, note how the stock brake lines are « | 1 | 2 | 3 | View Full Article Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!
