...not to mention dirt!
Flexibility is handled by the corrugations of the boot, not sliding in the
small end! So clamp them; yes!

Mike B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike S
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:32 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts

At 11:16 AM 8/30/2011, Jim Felder wrote...
>Johnson Foreign Auto, my local Vanagon gurus, does not use an inside
>clamp
>or tie. They claim, and I agree, that the grease should be clinging to
>the
>joint and not loose in the boot enough to come out onto the axle and
>that
>has been my experience in 21 years of vanagon ownership.

Keeping water out is the concern, not keeping grease in.