🔧 Cal-Van Tools SAE In-Line Flaring Tool Set, Multiple Sizes, One-Size-Fits-All, 164 Review

This is the right design for a brake flare tool. It's way better than the standard cheap sticky thing. However, higher-quality metal could have been used here. The small shaft on the adapter shifted and bent the second time I used it, which is just poor design, and the cone bolt made a groove in the surface of the cone. In the end it served its purpose, but it would have been a lot better if heavier steel was used in it.

I find this tool much easier to use than the standard wing nut. I was able to make 1/4" extensions to the vehicle very easily. Why did I change my rating to 1 star? The first 3/16" reamer I tried broke the clamp block teeth and wouldn't hold the cord in place On closer inspection I found that the 5/16" yoke teeth look the same. I have come to the conclusion that these two clamp blocks were not properly machined at the factory. These two clamps are also very different from the 1/4" clamp. I have

I was just trying to use 5/16 inch dies and the first time the line just slipped through them. The next time I tried I actually twisted the dies together and one of them factory screws was twisted in half. I tried again and got the same result as if the line just goes through the dies the first time. 2 different pieces that require excessive fiddling to get everything lined up for the big nut to screw in. I document this in more detail in my video review, I doubt mine are defective (e.g. I…