Do-it-yourself clamp for tape clamps

The final stage of CV joint maintenance or replacement is the installation of a band clamp on the rubber boot. The problem is that it is impossible to tighten it by hand with sufficient force. As a result, many people simply buy worm-drive clamps for screwdrivers separately and throw away the standard ones. If you make a clamp of this design, you will be able to tighten the band clamps very securely and quickly.

Materials:

  • Profile pipe 15x15 mm;
  • M8 bolt.

Clamp manufacturing process

To make a clamp, you will need a section of profile pipe 12-15 cm long. A hole with a diameter of 8 mm is drilled in it 5 cm from the edge.

Now you need to cut the bolt to screw on the clamp. When using a 15x15 mm profile pipe, it is enough to leave on it a piece of rod with or without thread 20 mm long (excluding the head). Then it needs to be sawn lengthwise. The slot must be thin, so it should be made with a 1 mm disk or a hand hacksaw for metal.

Now you should cut off the walls of the tubes from the side of the hole, as done in the photo.The remaining burrs from the grinder are removed.

To use the clamp, you need to install the clamp and manually tighten it. Next, you should insert its edge into the slot of the bolt inserted into the hole in the clamp.

Holding the device with one hand, you need to rotate the bolt with a key or head, thereby winding the tape onto it.

When the clamp is tightened enough, the clamp rotates in the direction of the bracket.

The tape will bend and everything will hold together.

Then the bolt is removed and the clamp tube is removed.

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