Patent ID: 8191223

Claim:
A crimp tool and clip arrangement for connecting the clip onto a snowmobile tread for cooperating with a snowmobile suspension comprising: a tool housing including a crimp housing; an actuator connected to said tool housing and having a drive mechanism extending into said crimp housing; two pivot posts in said crimp housing; two press levers each having a crimp end extending out of said crimp housing, each of said two press levers being pivotally coupled to one of said two pivot posts such that said drive mechanism is operably connected to said two press levers for moving said two press levers between a release position and a crimp position; a clip having a bearing surface with two bendable wings each removably engaged to a respective crimp end of said two press levers, wherein the two press levers when engaged with the two wings move the two wings between an uncrimped position and a crimped position as said two levers are driven by said drive mechanism between said release position and said crimp position, thereby connecting the clip to the snowmobile tread; a handle portion of said tool housing to provide a user with a grip surface for holding the crimp tool in precise alignment needed to connect said clip to said snowmobile tread; and, an actuator shaft extending from said actuator into said crimp housing, a transverse shaft connectable to said actuator shaft and a roller bearing connected to each end of said transverse shaft removably engaging a respective one of a bearing ramp portion of each of said two levers.