Originally Posted by
Barry Wolk
Mark, do you know the specifics of the flare angles?
From what I can find it seems the steel nut has a chamfer of 45 degrees and the receiving female inverted cone is 42 degrees (from parallel), the pipe flare is 42 degrees also so there is a slight crush effect when the nut is tightened up.
Mark Norris
C56G3186
1963 Aston Martin DB4 Series V Vantage
1951 C-type Jaguar (alloy replica)
1934 Lagonda M45 Tourer