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There's a '67 square standing in my driveway. It's here for brake work, but as soon as I got it up on jackstands, it started to drool gear oil on the pavement. I looked at the boots, and they were split replacement boots, positioned with the split facing slightly up and to the rear. As I looked at the installation, I could see that both sides were leaking where the split cuff was supposed to seal around the swing axle tube. At the point where the split is, there is about a 3/16" gap in the rubber. It's clear from looking at this that there may be 2 possible reasons for the fact that it's leaking. The main reason I can see is simply poor installation: The "buckle" on the hose clamp should have been placed next to the split, in such a way that tightening the buckle drew the 2 sides of the split together. These hose clamps are installed with the buckle opposite the split. This would require the boot to slide under the band in order for the split to be drawn closed. It's been years since I've had to deal with one of these, so I had forgotten about the importance of the clamp placement. I'll see if I can reposition these over the next week, and stop the leak. Otherwise, I've got good German split boots coming from John at Aircooled.net and I might just have to replace these. Even John admits that this is not a fun job. As far as the brakes go, it appears that the rubber flex hoses were the culprit. I've got those on order from John, too. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~