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Brake pipes made up in Newbury/Basingrad area
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:23 pm
by Bart
Hi,
Can anyone recommend where I can get a clutch pipe made up in Newbury or Basingstoke. Don't know the sizes I need until I take it off and no one else seems to know for certain, so I need to be able to wait while they do them. Is the clutch pipe between the master cylinder in distribution block in the footwell.
Or if anyone knows the sizes I need for certain, that would also be a huge help.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:52 am
by Rossco
Pirtek are my usual port of call.
I think your nearest is Reading
Re: Brake pipes made up in Newbury/Basingrad area
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:47 pm
by DaveEFI
Bart wrote:Hi,
Can anyone recommend where I can get a clutch pipe made up in Newbury or Basingstoke. Don't know the sizes I need until I take it off and no one else seems to know for certain, so I need to be able to wait while they do them. Is the clutch pipe between the master cylinder in distribution block in the footwell.
Or if anyone knows the sizes I need for certain, that would also be a huge help.
Buy a flaring tool and make one yourself? Always a useful tool to have.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:58 pm
by Ian Anderson
Think Automotive in Twickenham, but I saw what looked like a new warehouse being set up in the Sunbury area.
Either way not far from you!
Ian
Re: Brake pipes made up in Newbury/Basingrad area
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:56 pm
by Bart
DaveEFI wrote:Bart wrote:Hi,
Can anyone recommend where I can get a clutch pipe made up in Newbury or Basingstoke. Don't know the sizes I need until I take it off and no one else seems to know for certain, so I need to be able to wait while they do them. Is the clutch pipe between the master cylinder in distribution block in the footwell.
Or if anyone knows the sizes I need for certain, that would also be a huge help.
Buy a flaring tool and make one yourself? Always a useful tool to have.
Hi, that's what I've gone for. However, I've done some practice ones and I'm crap at it. Plus I think I have the wrong tool. I need convex flares that look like a botton on the end, as opposed to double flares. I think my tool is meant for the latter, but I have been omitting the second step to just get the bubble flare. It's one with a bar to clamp the pipe and an arbor to screw down to flare the pipe. Think they are DIN/ISO flares I need?
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:06 pm
by DaveEFI
Not quite sure. My tool came with a variety of dies and made the ends I wanted OK. But you do need to start out with a square end - I used a pipe cutter.
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:35 pm
by Bart
DaveEFI wrote:Not quite sure. My tool came with a variety of dies and made the ends I wanted OK. But you do need to start out with a square end - I used a pipe cutter.
This is the type of flare. It is the clutch pipe from the master cylinder on my Chimaera. It keeps weaping
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:31 pm
by Coops
is it me or does the end of the fitting look to be flaring outwards?
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 9:54 pm
by Bart
Coops wrote:is it me or does the end of the fitting look to be flaring outwards?
Yes it is. That's why I think it won't seal. You can also see a polished bit on the end of the fitting where I think it's tightening down, as opposed to tightening on the flare. The other end of the pipe is the same