more than one crimpable section can be provided on the wear band tool as desired wear bands should be selected with consideration as to the diameter of the borehole in which the wear band tool is to be used such that the wear bands do not extend the full diameter of the borehole this provides that the wear bands do not block fluids passing up the annulus between the casing and the borehole wall the internal bore 2 of the wear band tool body is selected to loosely fit over at least one end of a casing joint 6 in fig2 as shown this allows the wear band tool to be readily inserted over an end of the pipe 6 and placed somewhere along the length of the pipe joint prior to crimping thus placed the method of the present invention in its preferred embodiment provides a means to obtain a significant interference fit after crimping even where the wear band tool and casing material are at similar temperatures prior to crimping in applications where significant heating of the pipe and wear band tool after wear band tool installation is anticipated the wear band tool is preferably selected to have a thermal expansion coefficient that is equal to or less than that of the casing similarly in applications where cooling subsequent to crimping is anticipated the opposite relationship between thermal expansion coefficients is preferred radial displacement required to crimp the wear band tool cylindrical mid section 103 to the casing joint 6 on.