Brake Pipe Connections

[kris450]

Hi chaps

What I am doing wrong here. Surely the below can't be correct. The female union is on just more than finger tight so it isn't really going on any much further.

[Steve_D]

Nothing appears wrong from the photo.
Did you flare the pipes yourself?
In that situation you should have what is known as a double flare.
The first flare is made with the tool then the conical point of the tool is used to form the second flare.

Provided you have a double flare then all is good.

Google 'brake pipe flare types' to see what they look like.

Steve

[kris450]

Hi Steve

Yes I flared them myself and did double flares as per the below pic.



It just seemed strange to me that there was, what appeared to be, a large amount of thread still showing from the braided hose end. If its all ok then great. Thanks for confirming

[billybradshaw]

Yeah that looks OK to me too. The male part of the coupling is quite a bit longer than the female part so you'll always have a portion of exposed thread on the male part.

Ian