"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in
news:XeWdnVyhDKWWodHeRVn-ug@sedona.net:

> "Mauricio Tavares" <uce@ftc.gov> wrote in message
> news:dihbsi$e84c$1@usenet.osg.ufl.edu...
>>
>> While I agree that flare nut wrench set is important, I am not using
>> a cheap set again. I bought a $9 set at the parts store and found
>> out it would open its mouth around a nut if it was too tight. As a
>> result, nuts were getting rounded off. I ended up buying a Craftsman
>> set (around $20) and left the old set, all lined up nicely, over a
>> car in the junkyard. Think of it as passing the curse around
>>
> That was my experience, too, and the wrench wasn't all *that* cheap. I
> actually did better with an adjustable wrench - one that naturally met
> at the tip instead of meeting flat along the jaws.
>



You don't need a "set". A single 10mm will do. That's all I've got.

This caused a bit of a problem one time I replaced a holed line on a
neighbor's Saturn. It was either 8mm or 12mm (I forget). Since I was
replacing the line anyway, I just nipped through it with a set of side
cutters so I could get a box-end on it. Problem solved.

And the Web site in question does mention a flare wrench (complete with
photo), saying it's "worth its weight in brake fluid". I think we all agree
on that now, don't we?


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