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On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 08:44, Jim Adney wrote: > > The problems with the split boots seem to stem from ones that were improperly > installed (the split MUST point straight to the rear) and boots which were just > too small, so that the split couldn't be pulled together and sealed reliably. I > suspect that when Russ did these, they had GOOD OE VW boots to use, and that > they fit right. In that case I would not hesitate to do it this way if that was > the only thing that needed to be done. Then you can just do it with everything > still in the car, and it's only an hour or two for the job. The split needs to be to the rear, and the axle tube needs to be at a 90 degree angle to the trans. Also, the boot should not be under any stress when installed. This way the boot can do its job without pulling. Also, don't overfill the trans.with grease. The boot should only be containing splash oil, not the oil level. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~