I got mine from Kragen from the stuff hanging on the wall.   It's
called a triple square tool and is common at auto parts shops.  They
might call it a different name.  If you go to an auto parts shop, they
should have it.  Call before you go.  In the SF bay area, 3 out of 3
shops I called knew about the tool.  2 normally stocked them, one was
out.  Kragen had it, but 2 employees at the shop I spoke to (I spoke
to one on the phone that told me it was there before I went down) told
me they didn't have it, but I saw it hanging on the wall.  I think
there is another name of the tool.  12 pt serrated wrench?  Not sure.
I call it a triple square.

-- Craig

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:29:56 -0700, Anonymous Digest <jbrush@aros.net> 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
>