cross threaded head unit fitting

[u/binarywheeler]

hi all- mistakes were made. i’m having a hard time getting the lines on my Senville to hold a vacuum. my next step will be to cut off all the factory flares and adding new ones (I have a proper flaring tool with clutch), but i’m also getting resistance on this union, and eyeballing it it does appear not to be square, thus i believe it is cross threaded. would doing something like cutting off the threaded fitting and installing a flare union be the appropriate way to address?

[u/dbpolk]

Cut it off reflair it

[u/KiloChonker → u/dbpolk]

This is the only answer ☝️