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Date:         Tue, 7 Mar 2006 21:29:49 -0500
Reply-To:     Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 12 point bit tool spec needed for CV/axle removal
In-Reply-To:  <440E37DD.9070107@cs.uchicago.edu>
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It looks like they're also called XZN drives. -Wes

Wesley Pegden wrote: > Looking around, it looks like they're called "Triple Square" (I need > one of these too). If you do a google (or froogle) search for this, > you'll come up with a bunch of stuff. > > -Wes > > Tom Salicos wrote: >> They're called Tri-Square or like that I think. A discount auto parts >> near >> me (Portland, Ore) just called it their "CV" tool and there was only >> one, >> which worked. Baxter's auto parts up here carries one. One type has >> the >> 3/8 ratchet end, which is good. The other type has just a straight >> shaft >> you have to put into a socket. THEY SUCK and fall off way too easily, >> IMO. >> >> Warning - If using a power tool it is really easy to grind the end down. >> After I discovered that I ground 3/16 off the business end and it was as >> good as new. >> >> Tom Salicos >> '87 Syncro Westy >> >> >> On 3/7/06, rsf <feller@carboncow.com> wrote: >>> >>> So I need to swap out my rear axle and it has the 12 point "allen like" >>> studs in there. Nobody in the state of Ohio seems to stock 12 >>> sockets or >>> allen arms so I need some input. Napa (no), sears craftsman (no), >>> autozone >>> (no), pep boys (no) >>> >>> What size is the bit I need 6mm-8mm looks about right? >>> >>> Shawn >>> >> >


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