This is similar to what I used

http://www.protoindustrial.com/en/industrial-tools/Proto/Pliers%2c-Snips-%26-Clamps/Retaining-Ring-Pliers/J250G_Proto%c2%ae-Lock-Ring-%22Horseshoe%22-Washer-Pliers/

Alistair

> On Aug 23, 2016, at 2:16 PM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
>        I tried to use the info provided to find this tool and replacement rings or a ring assortment but kept coming up with hose clamps or others that didn’t sound right.
> 
> If someone has a link to the correct tool for this ring and or the rings I’d be grateful.
> 
> I’m gathering the items needed to do all four CV joints and want to be ready to make this work go as well as possible.  
>        I have the 4 Rockford boots from T3 and they certainly feel nicer then the new and torn one I removed.
> 
> dropping the rings is a real possibility and on my first attempt removing and replacing the ring with the wrong tool was difficult.
> 
> Thanks for any amazon or other link to this tool folks can help with. Not being familiar with the tool and no picture help means I almost purchased the wrong ones.  Luckily the product description gave me a hint.
> 
> Appreciatively.
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 85 GL Auto Westfalia 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:33 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>> 
>> What I found in all of the cv joints I've done are clips with angled ends and no holes. It's actually surprising that a tool can spread them, but indeed the right tool does spread and hold.
>> 
>> Alistair
>> 
>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 8:07 PM, Jeffrey Lee <jeffrey_lee_aqua@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just did this same job, and a Craftsman Lock Ring Pliers worked like a charm:
>>> http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=19378156&KPID=15216375&pla=pla_15216375
>>> 
>>> Note that if your CVs were previously replaced with aftermarket joints,
>>> there's a chance they instead use standard snap rings, which will require
>>> the pliers with the pair of pins to engage the small holes.
>>> 
>>> Jeffrey Lee
>>> www.CampWestfalia.com