Swaging aluminum tubing for hose connection (technically in the flare family)(edited)
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Need a "bump" on the end of a fuel or coolant line? This is done with a standard double flaring tool.....you just don't complete the first step and completely skip the second.
**Thank you to Anthony Klein for pointing out my spelling error and the fact that this is not actually swaging. I can't change what's in the video, but I did change the spelling in the title.**
Nice video! I do believe the correct spelling is SwAging, and the process you are doing is actually flaring. Flaring increases tubing diameter, while swaging reduces the diameter of a tube, often used to join two tubes of the same diameter, by allowing one tube to slide inside the other. Your technique is great but it is half of a double bevel flare not a swage.
Hi Anthony, Thank you very much for point this out to me!!! I've edited the title, changed the description and pinned your comment to the top. :) I did go do a bit a research about this. I should have done it years ago when I posted this video. LOL Thanks again!!! Mike
The, just a little bit more part is where I tend to screw things up. Nicely done, Mike!
Tom Z
+Tom Zelickman (Inspiration Metalworks) lol :) Thanks Tom!
Excellent. I didn’t utilize the die, but now I’m good to go! Thank you for your help!
You're more than welcome! I'm glad it helped. :) -Mike
Nice, never had much success with the versions of that tool that I have, but going to give that a try on a few applications. Thanks for posting.
+YCM30cnc I haven't had much luck with them either.....but they can be made to work if need be. :)
Saved me $140. Thanks.
Awesome! Happy to hear that. Thanks!
Thank you. My searh of "bead roller for ants" came up empty when i wanted to connect hose to 1/2 in alu tubing
You're more than welcome. I'm happy to hear that it helped someone. :)
Thanks! I have a cracked line on my rack and pinion. Aftermarket rack so the GM replacement line is nowhere close how it's bent. I need to try high pressure line attached to the hardline so i can use the original line ends on the aftermarket rack. I tried without flaring and it blew off. I think flaring the line like you did and using two high pressure line clamps will work. It's worth a try and cheaper than a new rack and pinion. I'll post if it works. I'm off to buy the flaring dyes.
I checked your channel....no vid. Hopefully this worked for you. YT seems pretty pathetic at giving me notifications correctly. Missed a ton of comments in the last year. :(
This is not safe and shouldn't be used for high pressure fittings. Power steering systems can achieve pressure levels over 1000psi.
It is okay for low pressure systems (
@@dmanbluesfreak Never got notified of this comment. You're right!! The return line of a power steering system should be okay, but this was the tranny cooler line if I remember right.
Looks great, nice easy way to do that. Thanks, Randy
+Randy Richard Thanks!!
Sometimes a little lubricant on the the screw and forming part will help... ;)
+pierre beaudry You're right! That would help. Thanks!! :)
Great! Thanks for this video!
You're more than welcome! :)
Is that the same block you use for flaring copper tubing with a little end for aluminum? I would bet I could do that with my tubing flare set if I just made the little piece you inserted in the tubing. Thanks for the video.
+cerberus I'm not 100% sure the angles are the same, but they're basically the same flaring tools. I'll bet we can find the CAD drawings online for that piece so you can make it....if not, I can get you the dimensions from mine. :)
+bluehandsvideo that would be nice, thanks.
+cerberus Hi Harold. There's been a delay......the anvil is missing out of my cheap set and my other set is still on loan. I've got a note up in my shop in case I find the anvil. I'm sure you'd like to try to make one, but you can get them on Amazon for $5-10. .......in fact, I just went on Amazon and ordered replacements...10pcs, 2 of each size.....$13 shipped. :)
Not to worry.
I spent the whole video wondering if by besides your hands, you have blue swedge shoes........
+russtuff LOL!!!
make it too big of a bubble and you cant get the hose on easily, you dont need too much
you're definitely right about that. :) This worked well for what I was doing.
What dyes or inserts are you using to create this bump? I have a standard flair set to make the double flairs, but nothing in the kit to produce what you are showing in the video. I do not want the punch set, but the ones to make fuel line bumps. Let me know....thanks.
+ralph tuneit As a retired ASE Master Tech, the guy appears to have the standard die sized and marked for the line as found in your inverted flare kit. Mine is from SnapOn, but ya. I was surprised at the beginning of the video, there was no explanation, tool list or other info. It appears to be an engine oil cooler on an import car that is aluminum. I see no reason why it would not work on steel. The flare die is shaped so it can fold the metal outward then onto itself. It is just stuck out further than making an inverted flare using the body of the die to set the exposed tube length. Most hate the "Corbin" clamp shown near the end. Corbing clamps where spring sire to start, but change to flat spring steel and is the only clamp the stays perfectly round and moves with expansion and contraction, due to pressure or temperature changes, like a radiator. I have a special long arm tool that has a flat jaw that opens opposite of a stationary jaw. It operates easy with a hand knob at the top. It does not bend, but it can reach places your hand won't fit.
Not related to this video, just helping out. ASE Master since 1978.
Didn't get notified of this comment....sorry. Dean's comment is correct. I just used a double flaring tool, you just don't take it as far or do the second op.
Thanks Dean. You are correct. I just added the info to the details box. Trans cooler....possibly on my wife's old Caravan? I didn't check the date on the vid, but I quite working on cars nearly 7 years ago. lol ....and I do have the special pliers for those clamps....I just figure most people watching this won't.
Can you give us a part number for the kit you use in this video? Thanks.
This one is a cheap HF brake flaring kit. I don't recommend it for flaring brake lines. www.harborfreight.com/double-tube-flaring-tool-kit-62814.html
will this swedge 1/2" mild steel tubing and where did you buy the tool? i can only find flare / swage tool.
I had to dig through the previous comments to find a link to the tool. It's a Harbor Freight inverted flaring tool www.harborfreight.com/double-tube-flaring-tool-kit-62814.html
1/2" mild steel tubing?? I kinda doubt it. They're designed for soft brake line tubing .....copper and aluminum too....maybe. I guess it depends on the wall thickness of the steel tubing. Too thin and it will probably get crushed by the holder.
@@bluehandsvideo thank you
@@Haxsaw67 You're more than welcome. I noticed on the page I linked, it says soft steel up to 5/8". Good luck!
Suprised that worked those stupid flare tools are such garbage
+TheJesusno2 Yep. And it was metric tubing so it didn't fit exactly right. lol
+bluehandsvideo maybe thats the whole trick to making them work lol
+TheJesusno2 Could be! lol