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On 23 May 2006 at 13:20, Hal Sullivan wrote: > On May 23, 2006, at 9:19 AM, Jim Adney wrote: > > The seam must be horizontal. My first choice would be to the rear, but > > if they > > are a lot easier to get to if facing to the front, that would also be > > okay. > > I've always heard to put the seam up-but-rearward, at around the "2 > o'clock" position. It must be positioned so that it is flexible in the direction that the boot needs to flex. Since the swing arm swings up and down, the seam needs to be horizontal, since it is most flexible in the plane perpendicular to the seam. I suppose that you might be able to get away with tilting it upwards a bit, like you suggest, and this might help keep the tranny oil from leaking out, if you had trouble sealing the boot, but then, you'd have a place where water could leak in, which wouldn't be good either. So the best thing to do is to use sealant on the seam and keep it horizontal. I've heard that a lot of the aftermarket split boots tended to be slightly small, so that they were hard to seal. I don't know where one goes these days to get good split boots, however. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~