help, putting the exhaust clip thingies on

I've never found it.

I think I paid like $60 for a tool. I've "lent" it to a few muffler shops who've sworn they didn't need such a tool to work on my exhaust, only to find out that they really did.

Tim Wohlford '89 Golf

I have made my own tool using a peice steel available at Home Depot. It is

4" wide 1/8" thick 3' long and costs $ 5 - 10. I cut the steel bar in to a trapazoid shape smaller than the clip on one end and wider than the clip on the other end using a metal/ceramic cutting blade on my circular saw. _____ \___/

Use the tool to force the clip open then put it in place and knock out the tool.

Works like a charm!

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J> I have made my own tool using a peice steel available at Home Depot. It is

I used a 2" muffler clamp reversed w/ a tack weld on it to keep the clip from flying off. cost 2.50

md

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I made both - use both - both work. I am chea

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