ss fuel line cut! i suck at it?

[saechao04]

Alright I've cut the damn line twice now and it keeps fraying up and I am frustrated! I'm using a dremel with a cut off disc on high speed. Taped the crap out of the ss line and proceed to cut it slowly. Any advice on how to not make it fray? getting really irritated. Please help me!

ps. Camera phone is retarded at focusing. Sorry.

 

[1tgalon]

What kind of tape are you using? I would suggest electrical tape or some other "heavy" tape.

 

[Freerevving]

use the small brown cutting wheel

 

[saechao04]

First I tried masking tape, then I used electrical tape. I'm following these guides.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/art...how-work-stainless-braided-hose-fittings.html

SteveTek Labs Research: High Flow Fuel Delivery System (2G)

 

[romeen]

I've read somewhere that a sharp chisel works good. Tape it with vinyl electrical tape, line up the chisel and give it a good whack with the hammer.

Also, don't remove the tape. Here is the thread:

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/newbie-forum/211924-sbr-pushlock-style-ss-return-line-too-long.html

 

[Sp1kE]

that doesn't look too bad, dont you still have to put fittings on it?

Mine looked worse than that but when you slide the ends on they cover it up...

 

[saechao04]

Yeah I still need to put the fittings on it. They look so nice and clean on the links above. So they will work Sp1ke? Thanks for all the quick replies guys.

 

[saechao04]

I think STM should have pre-cut them all for $200! Only one end is clean cut.

 

[saechao04]

Ah, thanks Romeen, I will keep the stupid tape on! I'll try the chisel and hammer thing also.

 

[droppinbottom]

I think STM should have pre-cut them all for $200! Only one end is clean cut.

I think that would be a bad idea as not everyone is wanting to install this kit the exact same way.


OP I have been cutting my lines the past couple of days and all I am doing is using elec. tape and the brown dremel wheels. I tape it pretty well and then just simply cut it with the dremel. My dremel allows me to change the speed and I use speed 3. Have a little bit of fraying but nothing like what your pics show.

I would not use the chisel and hammer as it will smash the line and be harder to get into the fitting. But to each his own.

 

[crimsondragon]

I used to have the same trouble that you had. This is what I did.

Use duct tape. About 4 revolutions around it. I have experimented with several speeds on my dremel. I found medium cuts the cleanest. I used the black wheel. Let the dremel do the cutting for you. All you have to do is just keep it in place and not let it shift from side to side. It'll work its way down. Some fraying is alright. What I've done is set the fitting on the table with the end to shove in the line facing up. Take a hose clamp, preferable one with a screw for a flathead. Tighten it around the fray. Now set it in the fitting. Apply medium pressure, just enough to hold it in. With your free hand, take a medium sized flathead and loosen the clamp. Then use the flathead to shove any frayed ends still out into the fitting. Work slowly and patiently. Eventually it'll be all in enough that you can pick the fitting up by the hose. From then on out, slam it onto the flat surface till it's in.

As for the chisel and sledge method, Earl's Fittings has provided a video for us.
Earls Performance Products, Installation
Basically it's a really sharp mason chisel grinded down. Set the cut on an aluminum block. Use like a 5lb sledge and just hammer it.

 

[Sp1kE]

Try the methods listed above.
But mine was ugly looking,
Make sure the frays are not so far back that they will continue to loosen and make the braiding fall apart over time.
It was a bit of work getting the fittings on with the frayed ends, but I just snipped any crazy ones with a small pair of side cutters. and slid it on.
Like I said as long as the fraying/unbraiding doesnt continue too far back, the pressure of the fitting seems to be keeping my line flawless looking and performing, even though underneath its somewhat ugly.

 

[No_Skillz]

Electrical tape and wide chisel with hammer work wonders.

 

[Mareno]

cuts perfect everytime

Summit SUM-900040 - Summit AN Braided Stainless Steel Hose Cutters - summitracing.com

 

[saechao04]

I really do suck haha. Where can I take it to get it cut? I can do a timing belt but can't cut a braided ss line =(

 

[Detective Coating]

I never did it before this weekend. I learned a great way to do it also. Wrap some duct tape at the end nice and tight. Put the fitting on it now, it will be a pain in the ass but if you have someone else to help you one of you can pull on the line and the other on the fitting.

Now take your dremel, really doesn't matter what wheel you cut it with from my experience, cut a little bit off so there is no fray. Take a flathead screwdriver push the electrical tape up to about 1/4" shy of the end you just cut and run a razor blade there to cut off what you just pushed up. Now you will have about 1/4" left of tape, push your fitting up to there and push the tape up little by little while pushing the fitting a tiny bit also. I did this 4 different times and became a very fast process after doing it the first time.

 

[saechao04]

19TSI95AWD, got any pictures, I'm a slow learner haha.

 

[2point3Tsi]

glad you guys had luck with dremels, Duct tape and hacksaw FTW. One fine blade is good but once you get the hang of that try two blades!! [one in each direction]

 

[ImportWarrior]

YouTube - Power Steering Hose Assembly

it is in there. at the 1.00 min mark

or you can tape it before you cut it. thats what i used to do.

 

[saechao04]

I tried that last night, but I don't think my chisel was sharp enough.

 

[TSiAWD666]

I posted this on some other thread but like someone above said the duct tape + hose clamp trick is what finally got my lines cut. God I hate these braided lines and went through a ton of attempts with just electrical tape alone and got no where. Duct tape helped a lot but still wasn't enough to keep me from fraying the lines. The hose clamp was the final piece of the puzzle for me allowing me to keep the fraying at an absolute minimum.

The cutting wheels I used were the fiberglass dremel wheels, but I can't say they were necessary over another type as I didn't try others.

 

[BoostedinSoFla]

Duct tape and using the small cutoff wheel from your dremel kit.

 

[saechao04]

Alright I will try the duct tape with the dremel wheel. Thanks everyone.

 

[Ajax]

Just buy a new chisel for $5-00. I use it and a block of aluminum to cut it, works wonders.

 

[No_Skillz]

I tried that last night, but I don't think my chisel was sharp enough.

You also gotta hit it like WHAM-O. No being a sally about it. A hard surface to hit it against (cinderblock/concrete/bricks) wil also help.