Around here, (Midwest), I've had the best luck finding stuff at the
Snap-on truck or Mac or Matco. Try the yellow pages or get the phone
number from darn near any mechanic at any shop. If I'm not in a big
hurry, I just ask my friend with a shop to get one when the guy comes
around. Or arrange to meet one of them at one of their stops, or perhaps
they will come by. I don't know which is best, but they are REALLY good
. Snap-on likely is the most money!
Al Brase

Anonymous Digest wrote:

>I guess the tool I was looking at last night at my FLAPS were not at all
>the right ones, and its no wonder no one behind the counter had a clue
>what I was talking about. The only thing I saw close was apparently just
>really large Torx stuff. I didn't get up close to the bolts on my joints,
>only enough to see that they were not Allen heads, and that they had
>mulitple points inside.
>
>Good information for the archives so the next guy doesn't get caught flat
>footed like me. My CVs need the 'star' tool, which is 12 points? and not
>in an auto parts store? Nah, there must be places that sell them and I am
>asking the wrong question.
>
>I was told I can get it from Bus Depot, but that's a bummer in that I have
>to order, wait, pull the joint, see if it can be reused, and then maybe
>order a new CV, wait, and install it.....
>
>First I want to take the shaft off and see what I am up against.
>
>I think I am missing something here that would make this a lot easier.
>Anyone bought this 12 point tool at Sears, Home Depot, FLAPS, or whatever?
>Its not  mentioned at all in any of the writeups that I have seen, as
>being a hard part to find.
>
>Might not be good that I am not in need of the van because its giving me
>too much time to sit and think, when I ought to be out there taking it
>apart and getting it done. Therefore, I want to find this '12 point'
>socket tool and get going.
>
>I know that I am now going around in circles about this, so go ahead and
>tell me how far off the track I have gotten :-)
>
>Thanks for any ideas,
>
>John
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