hello, can you cut of the bubble flare on the brake line and reflare it with a 45 degree double flare? I believe the lines are standard 3/16.

 

absolutely I had to do that because I was replacing the rubber hoses with stainless steel. Make sure u keep the fitting though u will need it.

 

The fitting should still work with my new 45 degree double flare, correct?
What i intend to do is cut off the bubble fitting and flare it so i can find a tee fitting. Its kinda hard to find tee fitting for a bubble flare I can only find unions ( one in one out). I need a (1/4) in and 2 (3/16) out. Ill probobly need some adapters but the only problem I see so far is that ill need to remove the bubble flare and reflare it with a 45.

 

So i flared the lines today. I put a two tees both. 1/4 in and 2- 3/16 out. When i finished I tested it out and both tees leaked. One leaked from the 1/4 line inlet and the other leaked from the side 3/16 outlet.

What I am wondering is it looked like the other fittings sealed good but I was thinking maybe since those leaked first it would not leak out of the others. Is this true? I was using a 45 degree double flare on all the fittings. Im gonna cap each off tommorow to trace down a bad flare or something individually, if not im gonna use compression fittings.Maybe.

 

But if you are searching threads about bubble flares...

The answer is "No you can not use a Double Flare on a Bubble Flare fitting".

Double flares have a concave flare that fits to a convex female fitting.
The Bubble (ISO, metric standard) flare has a convex flare and fits to a concave female fitting.

A specific ISO/Bubble Flaring tool/die is required to make the bubble flare.

 

Well.... maybe you don't need a special Bubble Flare tool.

Here is a YouTube that shows you how to make a Bubble flare using a Double Flare tool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVbHk0kkX8k

I tried it, and it seems to work. Or at least the result looks just like a bubble flare.