what dose every one use for a bender to bend brake line

[hpiontherocks]

if someone could send me a link to a really good brake line bender that is going to do a good job thanx in advance

 

[Nerve]

I did mine on the floor of my basement.

1) get hammer
2) get piece of wood
3) cut your brake lines to what length you need (factor in the bend as well)
4) get a heat gun (embossing heat gun I had at home)
5) heat the pipe up for a few seconds (wear a work glove)
6) position half of the pipe over the side of the wood
7) wack it with a hammer to bend required (approx)
8 ) repeat for others to match. Shape others as required.

Worked for me. My links might not all be 100% exact in overall length, but the bends are pretty close as well.

 

[grizz]

i just got my pair of plyers and put them to where i wanted to bend and used my thumb

 

[Mriswith]

I picked up a $20 little hand held tube bender, it sucked. It wouldn't do nearly tight enough bends. I now use the edge of my work bench, it's about 3/4 round over (left over formica kitchen counter top). For tighter bends I use the out put shaft, right above the chuck, of my little bench top drillpress. It's maybe 1/2 inch diameter and good for just past 90 degrees with out a flat spot in the tube. For the larger radius bends, ones that I could do with that $20 dollar bender, I just do those by hand. I bend up one tube by eye balling it, then trace it on some paper and use the paper for a template for any other I need.

 

[sgtsteve]

Any auto parts store will have them, here is an example of a good one at Autozone:

http://www.autozone.com/selectedZip,78626/initialAction,accessoryProductDetail/initialR,1629355/shopping/selectZip.htm

I picked one up at Oriely's i think for $8.00 that does about 80 degree bend, but then by pushing a little against the edge of my work bench I can get 90.

 

[SnoopMaxx]

I am gonna make my own ;-)

How-To: Tubing Bender
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112974

 

[jombo]

http://www.autozone.com/R,1550580/store,1421/shopping/accessoryProductDetail.htm
here you go"thumbsup"

i forgot to add , you need a piece of test tubing , make some marks on where you want the bend then measure for shrink (how much the tube shrunk by making the bend) this way once you get all your measurments and ad in for the shrink you will get perfect bends and hardly any waste

 

[Hoss138]

I have a Cresant wrench that has a rubber coating. And I use the hole in the end of the handle.

 

[Robbob]

a couple of these work well

or you can use the parts store ones and Home Depot or Lowes has ones that can do smaller bend. "thumbsup"