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.