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03-10-2002 | 03:10 PM

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-AN Flare tool

Anyone sell these with the 37* flare w/o have to go Snap-On or Mac Tools? Only have 4 ends to flare, so........

OR, has anyone had luck with no leaks just using the standard automotive 45* flare? I'm using 3/8" SS tubing and Aeroquip fittings.
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03-10-2002 | 03:15 PM

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IMHO --- always buy the right tool.

03-10-2002 | 06:47 PM

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Go to the local airport and have an aircraft mechanic (A&P) flare the things for you. The AN stuff is standard on aircraft.

03-10-2002 | 07:02 PM

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Originally posted by Crazyhorse
Go to the local airport and have an aircraft mechanic (A&P) flare the things for you. The AN stuff is standard on aircraft.

Now why didn't I think of that!!!!!!!!
I WORK AT the god$#am Purdue airport!

Want me to work on your plane? LOL

Actually, in one of the hangers as a machinist working with the Areo and Nuclear students on their projects. Wanna know some secrets on the Mach 6 wind tunnel?

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03-10-2002 | 07:11 PM

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You've probably got the AN flare tool right there in a toolbox. I got very familiar with that tool whila I owned a 1949 Ryan Navion. Hydraulic landing gear retraction and flaps, engine-driven one-cylinder hydraulic pump, panel-mounted hydraulic control valves. Yeah, I can flare tubing.