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On 27 Feb 2004 at 17:46, Daniel Baum wrote: > My drive shafts have a little bump on them, obviously to help seal the > end of the boot. Does this bump go inside the boot (in other words, do > you have to pull the thin end of the boot over it?), outside the boot > (touching the end of the boot to block it off), or under the thin end of > the boot (so that the clamp is directly over it)? None of the manuals > seems to have this info. All I could find was that late model shafts > have two bumps and the thin end of the boot goes between them. Bentley, ch 1, fig. 3-12. Looks like the single bump is inside the boot. I think this will also be obvious once you get the joints bolted in place. > Tomorrow, weather permitting, I am finally going to put my driveshafts > back in. > > BTW, last weekend I replaced my engine mounts. The result is dramatic. > the engine is _much_ higher, and all of the old rattles are gone! It > sounds almost refined, at least by comparison. ;-) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org