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You will need a pliers, bellows, and size 20 EZ hose clamp. Must be the type that can be finger tightened. Nylon zip ties with not work. They have a maximum operating temperature of 185 F. Remove the driver's side rear tire and place on stand. Verify broken bellows. Take your left hand, start from the front of the wheel hub and guide it into the cavity between the engine and transmission. When you pass the chassis wall, turn right and up. There you should feel the bellows and two hose clamps. Gently feel around for a crack in the bellows. Remove your hand and get a pliers. Hold the head of the pliers with fore finger and thumb. Locate one of the hose clamps and grip the tabs with the pliers. Shift your grip of the pliers to your palm while holding the head onto the clamp tab. Squeeze and wiggle the clamp while pushing towards the middle of the bellows. This will take a few tries. Once the clamp is free of the pipe, pry the bellows end off the pipe. Remove clamp and repeat for other end. Pull out the bellows. Clean hands off excess oil. Open the new hose clamps so that the bellows can slip freely into the clamp. The bellows has a flange larger than the body. Take one clamp and place it on the lower pipe. Take the bellows and seat it onto the upper pipe. Feel around the entire pipe to ensure proper seating. Push the lower end of the bellows to the back of the lower pipe. Then pull the bellows onto the pipe and into the clamp. You may have to stick your finger inside the bellows to work it onto the pipe. Be careful using pliers to pull the bellows, as not to tear it. Once the bellows is mostly on the pipe, slide the clamp up to the top end and seat on the collar. Tighten until snug. Do not over tighten, the clamp can cut the bellows. Free the bottom of the bellows and push to the rear. Take the second clamp and place it onto the pipe. Re-seat the bellows into the clamp. Seat the clamp onto the flat collar area and tighten. Done. When I started this, the vacuum measured 3 inches of water. I put the bellows on with out clamps, 5 in. With clamps 5.5 to 6 in. Still looking for more leaks.1 point