# Steel Fuel Line Flaring/beading **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 15, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012 "2013-04-15T19:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012/1 "2013-04-15T19:09:55Z")
So I need a very small piece of steel fuel line to complete my fuel setup for the car. The new fuel system goes like this: Fuel tank -\> OEM supply and return line -\> Corvette FPR/Filter -\> new supply only, hard line (short, 6" or less) -\> new 3/8 high pressure rubber line (6" or less) -\> existing BMW hard line to fuel rail etc etc. The Corvette FPR/fuel filter accepts a 3/8 double bead quick disconnect “fuel repair line” on the fuel output to the fuel rail. A short (roughly 4-6 inch) hard line is required to go from the output of the C5 FPR to the BMW hard line. I bought this at our fine local auto parts stores. 12" long, too long by far. ![http://www.autowares.com/images/product/DORMAN/doroe-800-155-400.jpg](http://www.autowares.com/images/product/DORMAN/doroe-800-155-400.jpg) Output of the FPR accepts this end: ![http://images.oreillyauto.com/parts/img/large/dor/800-155-005.jpg](http://images.oreillyauto.com/parts/img/large/dor/800-155-005.jpg) I don’t know a goddamn thing about flaring/beading lines, so bear with me, but can someone put a new bead on the line if I cut it down, or is there an existing aftermarket hard line that’s 4-6" long? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012/2 "2013-04-15T19:44:51Z")
I can do the GM push lock bead on an existing piece of steel or stainless steel in 3/8" and 5/16" ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012/3 "2013-04-16T07:16:19Z")
Not able to send you a PM. Anyone? Ferry’s? ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012/4 "2013-04-16T07:22:50Z")
> [@96V6Bird](#): > > Not able to send you a PM. That’s fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012/5 "2013-04-16T07:29:11Z")
I just want someone to shorten this cocksucker so I can finish the car. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012/6 "2013-04-16T08:15:35Z")
> [@96V6Bird](#): > > Not able to send you a PM. > > Anyone? Ferry’s? I am not hard to find and will be at the shop until 5 PM today ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012/7 "2013-04-16T08:38:08Z")
Glad you got it done elsewhere already. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![sikksohc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@sikksohc](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sikksohc)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012/8 "2013-04-16T17:25:10Z")
I Too Have This Capability ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012/9 "2013-04-16T17:34:01Z")
Anyone with a hydraulic flaring kit can do this. Great investment ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012/10 "2013-04-16T17:35:38Z")
I was at Swerve picking up some tires for heaters this summer, and stopped at Ferry’s. They flared the end for me. I thought I needed a bead put on the line, but since I was only slipping a rubber line over the end and clamping it down, not using a quick disconnect on that end, it just needed a flare. Learn something new every day. Thanks to all. ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steel-fuel-line-flaring-beading/230012/11 "2013-04-16T20:40:57Z")
> [@sikksohc](#): > > I Too Have This Capability Fuuuuu! Totally forgot about you mang.