Re: The Passat Lives

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Payne <quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk>
To: FRED MUNRO <munrof@isys.ca>
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Sunday, August 16, 1998 12:04 PM
Subject: The Passat Lives


>In message <007301bdc927$e1c789e0$c9d6a4cf@default> "Fred Munro" writes:
>
>>     There is a tool for crimping the CV joint clamps. I bought a KD
No.424
>> to crimp the clamps when I replaced the front outer boots on my '86 5ktq.
It
>> works well.
>
>Whose stock number is that - Snap-On?
>
>I've found a number of devices in the "Front Wheel Drive" section of
>my catalogue (page 269) but I can't fathom how they work.
>
>--
> Phil Payne


    It's the P/N from KD Tools - they make a series of specialty tools for
automotive use. This particular tool looks something like a narrow pair of
endcutters with blunt blades. The blades engage the raised portion of the
boot clamp and tighten and crimp the clamp at the same time.

Fred Munro