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Jul 08, 2021
Inside eye end crimping tool
by: Tammy

Hi Bill,
This bimin top part is done with a hydraulic tool at the factory and can’t be duplicated at home.
They are also done with a hydraulic center punch type tool.

It would be very hard to apply enough pressure at home to punch indent deep enough to hold it on.
Another way to secure an inside eye end, you can drill and run a screw though the metal into the fitting. For harder metal, you would have to drill and tap.

The downside of this method besides the procedure, is drilling holes in the metal tubing does weaken the structure of round tubing to a degree or a weak spot so to speak.
I hope this helps.
Tammy

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