Double? Bubble? Brake line trouble.

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

The flaring kits that I have used have all been called ISO metric flaring 
kits, which is what the box of the one I finally purchased (because I was 
tired of borrowing one everytime I did brake line work) says.

I believe a bubble flare is similar in construction, save that the pipe
and thread sizes are imperial, not metric like with the ISO flare.  A
bubble flare can be made with a standard double falring tool - simply by
not finishing the final step of the double flare - however you can not get
a reliable bubble flare seal with the ISO lines on the VW IMHO, because
the tubing sizes do not match.

Get the ISO flaring tool (sometimes called an ISO "bubble" flaring tool - 
the key is ISO or metric!) and do the job right the first time.  If you 
like your car and plan on keeping it, spend the coin and get the brake 
line tubing from VW - it's multi-wall, treated against corroision, and is 
very easy to work with.  Well worth the money.

HTH

Drew

On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, chris gonzalez wrote:

> I found a 16v in the junkyard, and decided to treat my bunny truck to
> 16v brake upgrade. I got the booster, pedal cluster and calipers. I knew
> the master cylinders were different, but I didn't think I would get a
> headache figuring out what type of flare is on the end of the line. And
> the flaring tools (the good ones) aren't cheap! So is it a double flare,
> a bubble flare, an ISO double flare, a road flare or a signal flare?
> Until I get a definitive answer, I will be calling it a PITA flare.
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