<VV> Hard Pedal, poor brakes.

[ricknorris at suddenlink.net]

I use a tool made by Mastercool. It uses a hand held hydraulic flaring tool which is easy to use and you can order different size kits with the flaring adapters you need. You can add to it as you need or want. Its not cheap but well worth the money. Do a Google search for the best prices.
Also I highly recommend Fedhill for your tubing and fittings. You can get cheap China crap from any FLAPS but, you will get what you pay for here. 
--
Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com 

---- jimster1 <jimster1 at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> Regarding double flare kits, I'm about ready to undertake the installation
> of four wheel disks.  I suspect I'll be doing a bunch of flares.  What tool
> can be recommended, I know there's good ones as well as junk.
> Jim
> 
> 
> I am proud of my double-flare kit.   :)
> 
> 
> >The other failure of brake hoses is the "check valve" effect. I've seen
> >this too often in Corvairs. The brakes work fine for a few stops, and then
> >one wheel locks up even with your foot off the brake pedal. The hose to
> >that wheel will not allow the fluid to return to the master cylinder when
> >your foot is off the brake.
> 
> 
> Or worse, it allows fluid to go into the cylinder but not completely 
> back out again, causing that brake to drag... for miles.   Eventually 
> it gets things so hot the fluid boils in the wheel cylinder.  If it 
> happens on the back, it may not exhibit any warnings like pulling, 
> and it can cause the car to feel like it's bucking a headwind and 
> actually get that brake so hot it blisters the paint on the wheel 
> from the glowing brake drum.
> 
> I've done that.   I spent some time on the side of the road cracking 
> a bleed valve on a wheel cylinder to release pressure so the car 
> would roll free, then stuffed a piece of wheel weight into the brake 
> hose junction and crimped it into place to block that line off so I 
> could get the car home without having the collapsed hose gag up again 
> and act like a check valve and jam the remnants of the brake shoes 
> against the already warped drum...   that was an interesting day.
> 
> The irony was that I was returning from a chapter meeting and tech 
> session at a club member's house at the lake, and the 40 mile drive 
> back home was an adventure.
> 
> 
> 
> tony..
> 
> 
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