FLEXX BOOTFlexx Boot FB4000 Universal Replacement Rack & Pinion Steering Boot

Installed to my 2008 ford Ranger 3.0L and did fit perfectly thanks

i like the boot, i like the company supplying the boot, have had the boot on for a little while, so far seems functional. Followed some recommendations to push on the small opening of the boot, the hardest part over the steering rod knuckle, after getting the most of the boot on. Greased everything up. Was having a little challenge pushing it on, until i tried twisting at the same time, rotating the boot and pushing, then it went over the knuckle quite freely. I like grease, so cleaned and re-greased the connections covered by the boot. Only tried to grease the tie rod that doesn't go into the power steering rack and pinion, thinking that want to try to avoid as much as possible grease maybe contaminating the power steering fluid inside of the rack. Did this by turning the wheels in the direction, that only allow the minimum of the tie rod to be outside of the rack, and greased that part. Used metal hose clamps, on each end, to secure the boot, due to not wanting with the boot being punctured by a plastic zip tie connector , cutting into the boot, if the small end zip tie, and boot, slipped off of the tie rod, and was able to contact, and cut into the boot when it was retracted,. The cutting off of the excesse zip tie can produce a sharp pointy exposed thing, the pointy cutting part of the boot, which can exposed most of the inner tie rod, this might be avoided if the plastic pointy thing is filled down, and if the boot slips off, just need to replace the connector, instead of a damaged boot Looked in the box and liked the look of the boot. I like the service by the company supplying the boot. On a nissan murano.

Perfect fit for right side manual steering rack on mk1 vw

I was tempted to give this thing 4 stars rather than 5, because if there was ever a product that called out for a video demonstration in the images section, this is it. Unfortunately, there isn't one and all you get are some written instructions. I'll give you my top 3 tips for installing it, which will hopefully help:1) Buy the standard version of the bellows to look at alongside this one. This will cost a little bit extra, but serves at least 2 purposes: first, it's an insurance policy in case something goes wrong with this one or you just can't get it on (i.e. you can install the old one in the standard manner or you can attempt to force it through the cone that comes with the flexxboot, which may be possible). Second, you can use it to verify the size that you need to cut the Flexxboot to - trying to figure out the size by fitting it to the steering rack after it's on is inconvenient because you have limited clearance, and on the off chance that it doesn't fit, you'll end up in trouble since you'll have already cut the old boot off.2) Use a good lubricant on both the installation cone and the inside of the boot (but don't get it on the outside since that will make it hard to grip). I used automatic transmission fluid, but engine oil would probably work okay as well.3) Fold the boot in on itself during installation - this is part of the written instructions but I found it hard to understand. Essentially, you want to push the small end down inside the big end so you get that on the tie rod as early in the process as possible - if you put the large end on all the way first and then try to pull the small end through, it's quite a bit harder. You'll likely have to struggle with it for a few minutes before you figure out what works best.4) Don't cut the old boot off until you've gotten this one up over the tie rod end - if you can't manage to get it on, or damage it in the process, you'll at least be no worse off than before you started, just put the tie rod end back in the steering knuckle and live to fight another day. If you cut the old boot off and then fail to get this one on, though, you'll have created a whole new urgency to the problem.In the end, this worked for my '09 Toyota Sienna and enabled me to replace a broken bellows without worrying about getting an alignment, so this thing pays for itself several times over.

Great parts only one box didn't have the clamps in the box with the boot 🙄 other than that everything was great